21. A Index ALOPECIA AREATA. ALOPECIAANOSMIA-DEAFNESS-HYPOGONADISM. alpers disease. ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN(AAT) DEFICIENCY. ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE DEFICIENCY. ALPORT SYNDROME. http://www.childhealthinfo.com/a/

A B C D ... Z Just click on the item you want to learn more about. A A-BETA-LIPOPROTEINEMIA AARSKOG SYNDROME ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE ABDUCTION/MISSING CHILDREN ... MoreInfo@ChildHealthInfo.com

22. Hosted By Tripod Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalopathy, Case report Alexander's Disease Alexander's Disease_ A Case Report of a Biopsy Proven Case alpers disease alpers disease http://saberman0.tripod.com/demyelinatingindex.html

Get Five DVDs for $.49 each. Join now. Tell me when this page is updated Please realize that the links below are for your information and enjoyment but they do not constitute medical advice. Though I have attempted to provide worthwhile links I cannot guarantee the quality of the contents. Even good links may ultimately lead to bad links. Demyelinating Disease Bookmarks Demyelinating Disease Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalopathy, Case report Alexander's Disease Alpers disease Alpers disease information ... X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

23. Alpers Syndrome Resource Updates PMID 11706100 PubMed indexed for MEDLINE 5 Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2001;(36)176-7alpers disease(progressive infantile poliodystrophy) Article http://www.health.xq23.com/inst/Research_Updates/Alpers_Syndrome.html

Alpers Syndrome resources. Information for medical researchers, health professionals, bioscientists, and policy makers. Recommended References. [see index for total category] KEY ABSTRACTS: PUBMED Citations: Innovations and emerging technologies in Alpers Syndrome, Patent List (when available) for Alpers Syndrome: Recommended Readings and Related Discussion Latest books on: Alpers Syndrome Books: for your convenience: Holiday Gift Ideas Resources Diet and Nutrition Allergies ULTRAToolBox Best Retirement Spots ... Income Tax Popular Readings: more to come ...

24. List Of Rare Disease Or Syndrome Adie syndrome, Nervous System Diseases, Yes, Yes, Alagille syndrome, Digestive SystemDiseases, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes. alpers disease, Nervous System Diseases, Yes, Yes,Yes. http://www.hon.ch/HONselect/RareDiseaseAB.html

List of Rare disease or syndrome A B C D ... P - Q- R S T - U- V W - X- Y- Z Rare disease or syndrome MeSH category Definition Articles Web pages Images Addison's disease Endocrine Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Adie syndrome Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Alagille syndrome Digestive System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Alpers disease Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Alport syndrome Urologic and Male Genital Diseases Yes Yes Yes Alzheimer's disease Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Andersen's disease Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Yes Yes Angelman syndrome Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Apert syndrome Musculoskeletal Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Arnold-Chiari malformation Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Arnold-Chiari syndrome Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Asherman's syndrome Female Genital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Yes Yes Asperger syndrome/disorder Mental Disorders Yes Yes Yes Rare disease or syndrome MeSH category Definition Articles Web pages Images Barrett syndrome Digestive System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Bartter's syndrome Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Batten disease Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Becker's muscular dystrophy Musculoskeletal Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Yes Yes Yes Behcet's syndrome Stomatognathic Diseases Yes Yes Yes Bernard-Soulier syndrome Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Yes Yes Yes Binswanger's disease Nervous System Diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes ... Blackfan-Diamond anemia Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Yes Yes Yes Bloom syndrome Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Yes Yes Yes Bowen's disease Neoplasms

25. United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation - Medical Article List By Subject Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1997 ; 1361(1) ; 10313. Narkewicz ; MR ; 2004 ; Liverinvolvement in alpers disease. ; Journal of Pediatrics ; 1991 ; 119(2) ; 260-7. http://biochemgen.ucsd.edu/umdf/liver.htm

The UMDF Medical Article List Subject: Liver Disease Back to the Subject List United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation We welcome any suggested additions to our list. Last updated: 26-Jun-98 REFERENCE FORMAT: Author Lastname; Firstname; Article Number; Article Title; Journal or Book; Year; Volume; Page Numbers Asano ; K. ; 220* ; Changes in the rat liver mitochondrial DNA upon aging ; Mech Ageing Dev ; 1991 ; 60(3) ; 275-84 Bakker ; HD ; 3162 ; Depletion of mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid in a family with fatal neonatal liver disease ; J Pediatr ; 1996 ; 128(5) ; 683-687 Bioulac-Sage ; P ; 847 ; Fatal neonatal liver failure and mitochondrial cytopathy (oxidative phosphorylation deficiency): a light and electron microscopic study of the liver. ; Hepatology ; 1993 ; 18(4) ; 839-46 Boles ; RG ; 2337* ; Biochemical diagnosis of fatty acid oxidation disorders by metabolite analysis of postmortem liver [see comments]. ; Human Pathology ; 1994 ; 25(8) ; 735-41 Britton ; CH ; 3246* ; Human liver mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase I: characterization of its cDNA and chromosomal localization and partial analysis of the gene. ; Proc Natl Acad Sci USA ; 1995 ; 92(6) ; 1984-1988

26. Descriptions Of Mitochondrial Diseases Suggestions and questions are welcome, contact webmaster@umdf.org.alpers disease. Long name Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy. http://www.umdf.org/mitodisease/descriptions.html

Alpers Disease Barth syndrome Beta-oxidation Defects Carnitine-Acyl-Carnitine Deficiency ... VLCAD Symptoms listed here are those commonly found in each disease. Sources, where not specified, include publications by Drs. Salvatore DiMauro (Metabolic Myopathies; Handbook of Clinical Neurology ; 1992; 18(62); 479-522) and Richard Haas (Disorders of Oxidative Metabolism and Mitochdondria; Neurology in Clinical Practice , Bradley, et al, Chapt 69; 1996; 1523-32). Suggestions and questions are welcome, contact webmaster@umdf.org Alpers Disease Long name: Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy. Symptoms: seizures, dementia, spasticity, blindness, liver dysfunction, and cerebral degeneration. Links Source: Dr. Rolf Luft; The development of mitochondrial medicine. [Review] ; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Barth syndrome LIC (Lethal Infantile Cardiomyopathy) Symptoms: skeletal myopathy, cardiomyopathy, short stature, and neutropenia.

27. NORD Rare Disease - Medical Transcription At Medword Syndrome) AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome Alagille Syndrome Albinism Alexander's DiseaseAlkaptonuria Allan Herndon Syndrome Alopecia Areata alpers disease Alpha1 http://www.medword.com/rardisA.html

For Transcriptionists - By Transcriptionists Home Books Business Courses ... Search Medword Resources NORD Rare Disease A This listing of rare diseases is provided for spelling reference. Clicking on the link will generate a new window and take you to NORD's home page, where you may search for an abstract of the disease or order a full text report of the disease. Please read the notice at the bottom of this page before using this list. A B C D ... Z Find on this page 5 Oxoprolinuria A Aarskog Syndrome Aase Syndrome Ablepharon Macrostomia Syndrome Acanthocheilonemiasis ... Autism Please Click HERE for a comma-delimited list of the rare diseases that you may add to your speller. List made available by express written permission of NORD - National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. Print This Page Important: Please use the above list at your own risk. While we make every effort to ensure accuracy, we cannot be held responsible for errors in spelling or capitalization, or any circumstance that may result because of said error. In using the above list you also agree to never hold ANSO Consulting Inc. or Medword Medical Transcription responsible for any errors should they exist. Please Note: Medword's Lists of Medical Books Book Lists Menu Abbreviations Administration Atlases ... "Incredibly Easy" Medical Books

28. Full Listing Of Disorders For Brain And Tissue Banks (A-B) 1. 1. Alexander Disease. 6. 6. 5. 2. 1. 1. alpers disease. 1. 1. AlpersHuttenlocherSyndrome. 1. 1. 1. 1. Alzheimer Type II Astrocytosis (Hepatic Encephalopathy).16. 16. 7. 5. http://som1.umaryland.edu/BTBank/Combined_Listing_(A-B).htm

A - B T B O C T B O C 3-Hydroxy-Methyl-Glutaryl CoA Lyase Deficiency 3-Methylcrotonyl CoA Carboxylase Deficiency 3-Methyl-glutaconic Aciduria Acardia Achondrogenesis Type II Achondroplasia Dwarfism Achrondroplasia Acrania Acute Endocarditis Adrenoleukodystrophy Adrenoleukodystrophy, Carrier Adrenoleukodystrophy, Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy / Adrenomyeloneuropathy Adrenoleukodystrophy / Adrenomyeloneuropathy, Suspected Adrenomyeloneuropathy Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum Aicardi Syndrome Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome* Alberpharon Macrostomia Syndrome Alexander Disease Alpers Disease Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome Alzheimer Type II Astrocytosis (Hepatic Encephalopathy) Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease, Lewy Body Variant Alzheimer's Disease-like, Mild Amniotic Band Syndrome Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Andersen Syndrome Anencephaly Angelman Syndrome Aniridia Anoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Aqueductal Stenosis or Atresia Arhinencephaly Arnold Chiari Malformation Arthogryposis Asperger's Syndrome Astrocytoma Grade III Ataxia Ataxia Telangiectasia Ataxia, Friedreich's

29. CLIMB (Children Living With Inherited Metabolic Disease) deficiency Adrenal Hyperplasia Adrenal Hypoplasia Adrenomyeloneuropathy AMN AdrenoleukodystrophyAlbrights Alcaptonuria Alexander alpers disease - Alpha One http://www.medhelp.org/amshc/amshc452.htm

Title: Purine Research Society Description: Support for persons affected by purine metabolic disorders caused by a defective gene resulting in the production of an enzyme with too little to too much catalytic activity. Purine metabolic diseases include gout, purine autism, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, ADA deficiency, and others. Funds research to find the defective enzyme responsible for purine autism, the largest single sub-group of autism, and treatment methods including newborn screening. Information on purine restricted diet, referrals. Scope: Model Founded: Address: c/o Tahma Metz 5424 Beech Ave. Bethesda, Maryland, 20814 United States Telephone: Tahma Metz (301)530-0354 Fax: Email: purine@erols.com Web Address: http://www2.dgsys.com/~purine/ This information has been generously provided by The American Self Help Clearinghouse and hosted by Med Help International . Please send corrections/updates to ed@selfhelpgroups.org Updated: 02/2003

30. A Allergy ( Hypersensitivity). Alopecia. alpers disease ( Diffuse CerebralSclerosis of Schilder). Alphavirus Infections. Alpha 1Antitrypsin Deficiency. http://www.mashhadkit.com/iranmedicine/diseases-list/diseases-a.htm

A Abscess Achondroplasia Acidosis Acne Rosacea ... Albinism (Skin Diseases ..) Albinism, Ocular Alcoholism Alexanders Disease Alkalosis ... Arthritis, Rheumatoid (Musculoskeletal Diseases) Arthritis Arthrogryposis Arthropathy, Neurogenic Arthropod Diseases ... AZOOR

31. EMedguides.com EMedguides.com Antibiotic Resistance. Prion Diseases. General Resources. alpers disease. CreutzfeldtJakobDisease. Fatal Familial Insomnia. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease. http://www.emedguides.com/topics.jsp?guide_id=14

32. Mitochondrial Information Information provided for and by The Children’s Mitochondrial Disease Networkalpers disease Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy Barth Syndrome - Lethal http://www.emdn-mitonet.co.uk/info.htm

family page history emdn glossary membership ... home page The Children’s Mitochondrial Disease Network Alpers Disease - Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy Barth Syndrome - Lethal Infantile Cardiomyopathy Beta-oxidation Defects - See - LCAD, LCHAD, MAD, SCAD, SCHAD, VLCAD Carnitine Deficiency / Myopathy Cartnitine-Acyl-Carnitine Deficiency Complex I Deficiency - NADH dehydrogenease (NADH-CoQ Reducatase) Deficiency Complex II Deficiency - Succinate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Complex III Deficiency - Ubiquinone-cytrochrome C Oxidoreductase Deficiency Complex IV Deficiency / Cox Deficiency - Cytochrome C Oxidase deficiency is caused by a defect in Complex IV of the respiratory chain Complex V Deficiency - ATP Synthase Deficiency CPEO - Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia Syndrome Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders KSS - Kearns-Sayre Syndrome Lactic Acidosis - The accumulation of Lactic Acid due to its production exceeding its use. Chronic lactic acidosis is a common symptom of mitochondrial disease.

33. Susie Susie entered the hospital for the first time that same year; it was Novemberof 1978. She was diagnosed with what is called alpers disease. http://members.aol.com/shhoughton/susie.htm

Right after college I married him thinking that no one else would ever marry me. Nine months after we got married I had our daughter Susan. I named her after my sister. Between the normal issues revolving around pregnancy there were issues regarding his family in terms of whether or not I belonged with him. Somehow I knew I was going to have a girl. She was due Easter Sunday of that year but she chose to wait another week. When I went into the hospital to have Susie, my four-year-old nephew could not understand why we did not bring Susie home that day. So, Mom brought him with her to the hospital to bring Susie home. She was beautiful and I was scared. She started pre-school in 1981 and quickly fit right in. She had boys fighting over her to see who would lay down next to her at naptime or sit next to her at lunchtime. In fact, I have a picture of Susie lying down next to a little boy. IT IS SO CUTE! A week or so before Thanksgiving of 1993, what should have been a basic pneumonia, turned into something much more terrifying. We took her to the hospital and they proceeded to vent and trach her. Now my next big dilemma. How do I explain to my family that Suzie may be dying? told After Susie passed on I lost my whole identity; who I was, where I was going, and what was my purpose in life? I was at a meeting for

34. UK Self Help Groups: A alpers disease. contact Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network, Tel 0160644733. Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Alpha 1 Support, Tel 0191 257 0358. http://www.ukselfhelp.info/a.htm

Main Index IMPORTANT - Please use www.ukindex.info and/or the links at the foot of this page to help maintain this free resource. Abducted Children contact Both Parents Forever , Tel 01689 854 543 also REUNITE (International Child Abduction Centre) Abortion see under Pregnancy Abuse Action on Elder Abuse , Tel 020 8764 7648/Helpline 0808 808 8141 Voice UK , Tel 01332 202 555 Achondroplasia contact Bone Dysplasia Group c/o Child Growth Foundation , Tel 020 8995 0257 also Restricted Growth Association Acne Support Group , Tel 020 8841 4747 Click here for books about Acne Acoustic Neuroma BANA (British Acoustic Neuroma Association) , Tel 01623 632 143 also , Tel 01953 860 692 Acromelagy contact Pituitary Foundation , Tel 0870 774 3355 Acute Anxiety Disorder see under Phobia Acute Idiopathic Polyneuritis contact GBS Support Group , Tel 01529 304 615/Helpline 0800 374 803 Adams-Oliver Syndrome Adams-Oliver Syndrome Society , Tel 029 2056 1388 Addison's Disease Addison's Disease Self Help Group , Tel 01483 830 673 Additives Additives Survivors Network Adipogenital Syndrome contact LMBBS , Tel 01892 685 311 Adoption and Fostering/Adopted Adults/Natural Parents Adoption UK , Tel 01295 660 121/Helpline 0870 7700 450 BAAF Adoption and Fostering , Tel 020 7593 2000 Fostering Network , Tel 020 7620 6400 Natural Parents Network , Tel 01273 307 597 NCH Action for Children , Tel 020 7704 7000 NORCAP , Tel 01865 875 686 Post Adoption Centre , Tel 020 7284 0555

35. 1300 (known) Metabolic Diseases Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency Adrenal Hyperplasia Adrenal Hypoplasia AicardiGoutieresSyndrome Alagille Syndrome Alcaptonuria alpers disease Alpha One http://soundwithvision.com/Home/Projects/Kleine_Kus/1300dis/1300dis.html

1300 (known) Metabolic Diseases (from Research Trust for Metabolic Diseases in Children) The list... Abetalipopprotinaemia Achondroplasia Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency Adrenal Hyperplasia Adrenal Hypoplasia Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome Alagille Syndrome Alcaptonuria Alpers Disease Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency 5 Alpha Reductase Deficiency Alports Syndrome Alstroni s Disease Amyloidosis Androgen Insensitivity Arachidonic Acid, Absence of: Arginase Deficiency Arginosuccinic Aciduria (ASA) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency Arterial Calcification of Infancy Occlusive Infantile Arteriopathy Arylsulphatase A Deficiency Aspartyl Glucosaminuria Ataxia Telangiectasia Bartters Syndrome Batten's Disease Berardinelli Lipodystrophy Syndrome Beta Ketothiolase Deficiency 2 Methylacetoacetyl CoA Thiolase Deficiency Beta-Methylcrotonylglycinuria Biliary Hypoplasia Biotin Deficiency CI Esterase Deficiency Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase Deficiency (CPS) Carbohydrate Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome Carnitine Deficiency Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase Deficiency Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis Chondrodysplasia Punctata Citrullinaemia Cobalamin C/G Deficiency Cockayne Syndrome Crigler Najjar Syndrome type I Cystinosis Cystinuria Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency Diabetes Insipidus Dysmyelination Endocardial Fibroelastosis Ethylmalonic Aciduria Ethylmalonic Adipic Aciduria Farbers Disease Fabry's Disease Fanconi's Syndrome Fish Odour Syndrome (Trimethylamineuria)

36. Mitochondrial Conditions alpers disease (Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy); Barth syndrome (CardiomyopathyNeutropeniaSyndrome) / Lethal Infantile Cardiomyopathy (LIC); Beta http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/mitochon.html

Mitochondrial Conditions Alpers Disease (Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy); Barth syndrome (Cardiomyopathy-Neutropenia Syndrome) / Lethal Infantile Cardiomyopathy (LIC); Beta-oxidation Defects; Carnitine Deficiency and Disorders; Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia Syndrome (CPEO); Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS); Lactic Acidosis; Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON); Leigh Disease (Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy); Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (LCAD) Deficiency; Luft Disease; Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (MCAD) Deficiency; Mitochondrial Cytopathy; Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Lactic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes (MELAS); Mitochondrial Encephalopathy; Mitochondrial Myopathy; Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (MAD) Deficiency / Glutaric Aciduria Type II; Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged-Red Fiber Disease (MERRF); Myoneurogastointestinal Disorder and Encephalopathy (MNGIE); Neuropathy Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP); Pearson Syndrome; Pyruvate Carboxylase Deficiency; Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (PHD); Short-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (SCAD) Deficiency Respiratory Chain Disorders: Complex I: NADH dehydrogenase (NADH-CoQ reductase) deficiency, Complex II: Succinate dehydrogenase deficiency, Complex III: Ubiquinone-cytochrome c oxidoreductase deficiency, Complex IV: Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency, Complex V: ATP synthase deficiency

37. The Contact A Family Directory - Index A Diseases Alexander Disease Alexander Leukodystrophy see Alexander Disease AllergiesAlobar HPE see Holoprosencephaly alpers disease see Metabolic Diseases and http://www.cafamily.org.uk/Idx/a.html

printer friendly home more about us in your area ... how you can help search this site Please use the Index below to access the condition on which you require information. If you do not find what you want in the Index then try our search facility in the navigator on the left. Contact a Family also has information on many other specific conditions and rare disorders. If you cannot find the information you require in The Contact a Family Directory Online , you may wish to use our Contact a Family Helpline service. aAA see Acquired Aplastic Anaemia ACI see Arterial Calcification of Infancy ADA see Primary Immunodeficiencies ADD see Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADEM see Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) ADHD see Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder AHT see Thyroid Disorders AIDS see HIV Infection and AIDS ALA dehydratase deficiency see Porphyria ALD see Adrenoleukodystrophy ALL see Leukaemia and other Allied Blood Disorders AMC see Arthrogryposis AML see Leukaemia and other Allied Blood Disorders APRT see APS see Hughes Syndrome ASA see ASD see Heart Defects ATR-X see Alpha Thalassaemia - Mental Retardation on the X Chromosome Abdominal Exstrophies Abdominal Migraine Abetalipoproteinaemia see Metabolic Diseases Achondroplasia Acne Acne Vulgaris see Acne Acoustic Neuroma Acquired Aplastic Anaemia Acquired Haemochromatosis see Haemochromatosis Acquired Hypothyroidism see Thyroid Disorders Acrodermatitis Enteropathica see Metabolic Diseases Acrofacial dysostosis see Nager Syndrome Acromegaly see Pituitary Disorders Leukaemia and other Allied Blood Disorders Acute Diffuse Glomerulonephritis see

38. Australian Parliamentary Library - 1995-96 Research Note 45 In humans, the closest analogue is CreutzfeldtJacob disease (CJD), but other humanSEs include Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, alpers disease and kuru http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/1995-96/96rn45.htm

Research Note 45 1995-96 Mad Cow Disease: Horror or Hysteria? Denis James Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or 'mad cow disease', was first identified in the UK in November 1986. By July 1993, 100,000 cases of the disease had been confirmed and in 1995 alone, almost 20,000 British cows succumbed to the illness. The afflicted animals become anxious, develop an abnormal gait, suffer muscular spasms and cease eating. Upon autopsy, the animal's brain exhibits characteristic spongy changes in the structure of its nervous tissue with extensive nerve cell degeneration. BSE is only one of a number of spongiform encephalopathies (SEs) found in many species, including man. In humans, the closest analogue is Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD), but other human SEs include Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, Alpers disease and kuru, this latter disease having afflicted certain tribes in Papua-New Guinea. Sheep can exhibit SE in the form of 'scrapie' while similar illnesses are also found in mink, deer, cats and other animals. All of these conditions are fatal. Most important is the fact that these illnesses involve some infectious agent and are transmissible. CJD, for example, has been transmitted amongst humans through human growth hormone, corneal transplantation and infected surgical instruments. BSE has been transmitted, in the laboratory, to cattle, mice, sheep and goats both orally or through the injection of infected tissue.

39. Mitochondrial Diseases with them. Some of the ones listed include alpers disease. Long nameProgressive Infantile Poliodystrophy. Symptoms seizures, dementia http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/spring02/mitochondrial.htm

Home Site TOC Site Search Outreach ... Spring 2002 Table of Contents Mitochondrial Diseases Excerpted and reprinted with permission from the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, Inc. http://www.umdf.org/ SEE/HEAR Editor's note: A number of children in Texas who are visually impaired or deafblind have as the cause of their sensory loss, Mitochondrial diseases. In order to understand more about these diseases, I visited the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation website. I learned that we have a great opportunity in Texas to learn more about these diseases because their 5th International Conference on Mitochondrial Diseases will be held this year in Dallas. I want to thank the UMDF for letting me excerpt portions of the wealth of information they provide on their website to share with our SEE/HEAR readers. I encourage you to visit this website if you have a child with a Mitochondrial disease or if you are a teacher working with one of these children. Basis of the Disease Mitochondrial diseases result from failures of the mitochondria, specialized compartments present in every cell of the body except red blood cells. Mitochondria are responsible for creating more than 90% of the energy needed by the body to sustain life and support growth. When they fail, less and less energy is generated within the cell. Cell injury and even cell death follow. If this process is repeated throughout the body, whole systems begin to fail, and the life of the person in whom this is happening is severely compromised. The disease primarily affects children, but adult onset is becoming more and more common.

40. WebMD - VitiligoDeafness-Cutaneous-Uveo-Oto Syndrome Alpers Diffuse Degeneration of CerebralGray Matter with Hepatic Cirrhosis alpers disease Alpers Progressive http://my.webmd.com/content/healthwise/150/37234.htm

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