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- Chagas disease
Chagas disease (also called American trypanosomiasis) is a mammalian disease occurring only in the Americas. It is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, one of the kinetoplastid flagellates, transmitted to humans by triatomine insects known in the different countries as assassin bug, vinchuca, kissing bug, chipo, barbeiro, etc. Common triatomine vector species for trypanosomiasis belong to the genera Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus. The most common transmitting species are Triatoma...
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- Alexander Disease Information Page
Alexander disease is a rare, genetically determined degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It is one of a group of disorders known as the leukodystrophies, diseases that result from imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath, the fatty covering that acts as an insulator around nerve fibers in the brain. Myelin, which lends its color to the "white matter" of the brain, is a complex substance made up of at least ten different chemicals. Each of the leukodystrophies affects...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Alpers' Disease Information Page
Alpers' disease is a rare, genetically determined disease of the brain that causes progressive degeneration of grey matter in the cerebrum. The first sign of the disease usually begins early in life with convulsions. Other symptoms are developmental delay, progressive mental retardation, hypotonia (low muscle tone), spasticity (stiffness of the limbs), dementia, and liver conditions such as jaundice and cirrhosis that can lead to liver failure. Optic atrophy may also occur, often causing...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Alzheimer's Disease Information Page
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized in the brain by abnormal clumps (amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (neurofibrillary tangles) composed of misplaced proteins. Age is the most important risk factor for AD; the number of people with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65. Three genes have been discovered that cause early onset (familial) AD. Other genetic mutations that cause excessive accumulation of amyloid protein are...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) Information Page
von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare, genetic multi-system disorder characterized by the abnormal growth of tumors in certain parts of the body (angiomatosis). The tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are benign and are comprised of a nest of blood vessels and are called hemangioblastomas (or angiomas in the eye). Hemangioblastomas may develop in the brain, the retina of the eyes, and other areas of the nervous system. Other types of tumors develop in the adrenal glands, the kidneys,...
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion -
- Wilson's Disease Association - http://www.medhelp.org/wda/
- Olliers Disease Self-Help Group - http://www.ollier-maffucci.org/
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation - http://www.parkinsons-foundation.org/
- Celiac Disease Foundation - http://www.celiac.org/
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- Journal Sleep: OSA Increasingly Associated With Cardiovascular Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Single Genetic Defect Causes Early Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Single Genetic Defect Causes Early Heart Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- Life-Saving Technology May Address Unique Needs Of Women In Heart Failure
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- Metabolic Disease Too Easily Missed
ScienceDaily - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Stem Cell Transplant for Inborn Errors of Metabolism
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00176904 - Recruiting
Adrenoleukodystrophy; Metachromatic Leukodystrophy; Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy; Gaucher’s Disease; Fucosidosis; Wolman Disease; Niemann-Pick Disease; Batten Disease; GM1 Gangliosidosis; Tay Sachs Disease; Sandhoff Disease
- Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Previously Untreated Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Hodgkin's Disease
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004010 - Active, not recruiting
stage III childhood Hodgkin's disease; stage IV childhood Hodgkin's disease; childhood lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's disease; ...
- Safety and Efficacy of Cerezyme® Infusions Every 4 Weeks Versus Every 2 Weeks in Type 1 Gaucher Disease
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00364858 - Active, not recruiting
Gaucher Disease, Type 1; Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndrome; Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Disease; Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease; Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Form
- Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Hodgkin's Disease
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003421 - Active, not recruiting
stage II adult Hodgkin's disease; stage III adult Hodgkin's disease; stage IV adult Hodgkin's disease; stage I adult Hodgkin's disease
- Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Hodgkin's Disease
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002561 - Active, not recruiting
adult lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's disease; adult lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin's disease; adult mixed cellularity Hodgkin's disease; ...

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