Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders
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- King George III: Mad or misunderstood?
- The BBC reports on whether King George III had porphyria. (July 13, 2004)
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- Propionic Acidemia Foundation
- The PAF is an organization that funds academic and medical research leading to better treatments and a cure of propionic acidemia, an inborn error of metabolism.
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- Propionic Acidemia Research Network
- Facilitating communication between academic researchers, families and the medical community to advance studies on PA.
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- Ben's Dream
- Information about a foundation dedicated to increasing awareness of Sanfilippo Syndrome and raising funds to support research aimed at finding a cure. Includes a newsletter.
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- Children's Medical Research Foundation
- Funds medical research to find a cure for Sanfilippo Syndrome and other neuro-genetic disorders. News and links to summaries of research that has been supported by the foundation.
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- The Sanfilippo Children's Research Foundation
- Canadian based charitable group founded by the parents of Elisa Linton.
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- Smith-Lemli-Opitz/RSH Foundation
- Non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families, individuals and professionals dealing with this genetic disorder that affects the development of children both before and after birth.
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- Trimethylaminuria
- Genetics Home Reference discusses genes related to this disorder, how it is inherited, and other names TMAU is known by.
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- Obesity Discussion
- Forum to help people deal with their condition and daily lives. Posts cover medical research, studies, and nutrition tips.
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- Family Practice Notebook: Beriberi
- Explains what the disorder is, the causes, symptoms, signs, lab results, diagnosis and x-ray results.
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- MedlinePlus: Beriberi
- Provides alternate names, description, causes and risk factors, treatment, signs and tests, treatment, and prognosis of this disease caused by thiamine (B1) deficiency.
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- Imerslund-Gräsbeck Syndrome (Selective Vitamin B12 Malabsorption with Proteinuria)
- Detailed notes on epidemiology, clinical description, etiology, phenotype-genotype correlations, environmental factors, differential diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and references from the Journal of Rare Diseases.
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- MedlinePlus: Osteomalacia
- Describes this deficiency, known as rickets in children. Includes definition, causes and risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, and prognosis.
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- Osteomalacia
- Illustrated article details what it is, different types and causes, and treatment. Includes Flash movie and xrays.
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- Pellagra
- A discussion on niacin and how its absorbed, deficiencies, diet recommendations, food sources and toxicity.
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- Rickets
- Find a description of the disorder, its alternate names, the causes, incidence and risk factors.