Extractions: Teaching Research, Monmouth, OR This data courtesy of NTAC - The National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind Total 10713 No Determination of Etiology 2138 Complications of Prematurity 1217 OTHER: Hereditary Synd/ Disorders 1134 OTHER: Pre-Natal/ Congenital Complications 733 OTHER: Post-Natal/ Non-Congenital 604 CHARGE association 441 Microcephaly 440 Meningitis 360 Asphyxia 359 Hydrocephaly 340 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) 321 Down syndrome (Trisomy 21 syndrome) 275 Missing 267 Usher I syndrome 233 Severe Head Injury 232 Congenital Rubella 215 Encephalitis 128 Maternal Drug Use 87 Usher II syndrome 76 Cornelia de Lange 64 Stroke 60 Tumors 59 Fetal Alcohol syndrome 56 Goldenhar syndrome 56 Dandy Walker syndrome 53 "Trisomy 13 (Trisomy 13-15, Patau syndrome)" 53
MaineScience - Happenings - News BAR HARBOR, Maine The Jackson Laboratory has discovered a human gene responsiblefor a rare condition called alstrom syndrome, marking the first human gene http://www.mainescience.org/news/2002/04h_jax.html
Extractions: BAR HARBOR, Maine The Jackson Laboratory has discovered a human gene responsible for a rare condition called Alstrom Syndrome, marking the first human gene to be discovered by the institution. Mutations to the gene, ALMS1, cause the syndrome, a rare condition that affects about 170 people. The discovery may lead to a greater understanding of conditions like obesity and diabetes, researchers say. "Obesity is one of the critical health issues of our time. This discovery provides researchers with another insight and entry point into understanding obesity," said Jurgen K. Naggert, a member of the research team. Jurgen and another Jackson Lab researcher, Patsy M. Nishina, noticed that like their mouse models, children with this genetic condition become blind, obese, hearing impaired and diabetic.
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Society For Alstrom's Syndrome Families Society for alstrom's syndrome Families. International network. Founded 1995.Mutual support and networking for families affected by alstrom's syndrome. http://www.medhelp.org/amshc/amshc243.htm
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Extractions: printer friendly home more about us in your area ... how you can help search this site The first sign usually noticed in affected children is an involuntary rapid movement of the eye (nystagmus) and light sensitivity which begins in infancy and eventually leads to retinopathy ( a degeneration of the retina, the thin, light sensitive lining at the back of the eye) and blindness. As infants and toddlers, affected children are generally overweight. Hearing impairment usually begins before the children are 10 years old. Later, in young adulthood, children develop high levels of insulin in the blood, diabetes mellitus, and slowly progressive kidney problems. Inheritance patterns Medical texts in The Contact a Family Directory are designed to give a short, clear description of specific conditions and rare disorders. More extensive information on this condition can be found on a range of reliable, validated web sites and links to them are included in the CD-ROM version of this Directory. Further information on these resources can be found in our
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Extractions: ¹Ì±¹°ú ¿µ±¹ÀÇ ¿¬±¸ÁøµéÀº À¯¾Æµé¿¡ ÀÖ¾î¼ ºñ¸¸°ú »·Â Àå¾Ö, ½·Â Àå¾ÖµéÀ» ÀÏÀ¸Å°¸ç, ½ÉÁö¾î Á¶±â »ç¸ÁÀ» À¯¹ßÇÏ´Â Èñ±ÍÇÑ À¯Àü ÁúȯÀÎ Alstrom syndromeÀÇ ¿øÀÎÀÌ µÇ´Â À¯ÀüÀÚ¸¦ ¹ß°ßÇس´Ù. "If we want to figure out ways to treat disease, we need to know the pathology and nature of the gene, that's the first step," study co-author Dr. Jurgen K. Naggert, a staff scientist at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, told Reuters Health. "One day, we hope to contribute to the understanding of this disease and figure a way out of it." Alstrom syndrome is an extremely rare hereditary condition that was first identified in 1959. The disorder, affecting only around 170 people worldwide, is usually diagnosed shortly after birth, when babies begin gaining excessive amounts of weight and suffer vision difficulties. There is no treatment and by adulthood, patients can develop life-threatening diabetes, heart and kidney failure. The researchers at Jackson Laboratory, as well as a second team at Southampton University in the UK, independently studied the genetic makeup of individuals with Alstrom syndrome and family members of those affected by the disorder. Their findings were released in the advance online publication of the journal Nature Genetics.
