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Genetic Brain Disorders
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Latest News
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- Brain Disorder Linked to Genetic Defect (05/19/2005, United Press International)
- Promising Results in Fight Against Fatal Brain Disorder in Babies (05/19/2005, Scripps Howard News Service)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- What Are the Signs and Symptoms of NPD (Niemann-Pick Disease)? (National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation)
Treatment
- Treatment
- What Treatment Is Available for NPD (Niemann-Pick Disease)? (National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Layperson's Guide to Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Newborn Screening (Save Babies Through Screening Foundation)
- National Newborn Screening Status Reports (National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center) - Links to PDF
- Newborn Screening Tests (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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Coping
- Coping
- Niemann-Pick Disease: How Can I Help My Child? (National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Cerebellar Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Citrullinemia (Save Babies Through Screening Foundation)
- Fabry's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Fahr's Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Galactosemia (American Liver Foundation)
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Homocystinuria (Save Babies Through Screening Foundation)
- Joubert Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Leigh's Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) (Save Babies Through Screening Foundation)
- Menkes Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Moyamoya Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Niemann-Pick Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH) (Save Babies Through Screening Foundation)
- Refsum Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Tyrosinemia (American Liver Foundation)
- What Is a Urea Cycle Disorder? (National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation)
- What Is Niemann-Pick Disease? (National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation)
- Zellweger Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Clinical Trials
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- ClinicalTrials.gov: Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Niemann-Pick Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genetics Home Reference: Fabry disease (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Galactosemia (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Maple syrup urine disease (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Menkes syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Prion disease (National Library of Medicine)
- Genes and Disease: Glucose Galactose Malabsorption (GGM) (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Maple Syrup Urine Disease (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Menkes Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Refsum Disease (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Zellweger Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Research
- Research
- Researchers Identify Joubert Syndrome Genes (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Brain and Nervous System Definitions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Directories
- Directories
- Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (Office of Rare Diseases)
- Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews (Children's Health Care System, Seattle)
- MSUD (Maple Syrup Urine Disease) Dietary Resources List (MSUD Family Support Group)
- US Clinic Directory Search (Children's Health Care System, Seattle)
Organizations
- Organizations
- MSUD (Maple Syrup Urine Disease) Family Support Group (MSUD Family Support Group)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center
- National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
- Save Babies Through Screening Foundation