Open Directory - Health: Conditions and Diseases: Communication Disorders: Deafblindness: Usher Syndromedness: Usher Syndrome

Open Directory - Health: Conditions and Diseases: Communication Disorders: Deafblindness: Usher Syndromedness: Usher Syndrome

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A-Z Deafblindness - An in-depth article by Mary Guest, Head of Usher Services at Sense. Includes a detailed description of Usher syndrome, the symptoms, genetics, transmission, associated problems and what can be done.
Boys Town National Research Hospital: Usher Syndrome - Provides information on types 1, 2 and 3 of this condition, retinitis pigmentosa, hearing loss, balance, gene studies, and other conditions which may have similar symptoms.
Deafness Research UK: National Collaborative Usher Study - Research project using 200 individuals with Usher syndrome and studying how their hearing, balance and vision are affected, and correlating this data with their genetic background.
NIDCD: Usher Syndrome - Factsheet on this condition that affects both hearing and vision, its causes, characteristics and treatment.
National Institutes of Health: Usher Syndrome - Provides information including a description of the condition, resources, how to join a NIH clinical study, and funding opportunities for researchers studying the condition.
Patient UK: Usher Syndrome - Provides information on this genetic defect causing retinitis pigmentosa and congenital deafness and often vestibular dysfunction. Includes classification, presentation, differential diagnosis and management.
Sense: Usher Syndrome - Describes the three types of this condition, how patients of each type are affected and what the future holds for them. Also provides information on the National Collaborative Usher Study.

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Gene Clinics - Medical genetics knowledge base. NIH funded, expert-authored descriptions of inherited disorders. Covers genetic testing in diagnosis and management and genetic counseling of patients.
Genetic Diseases - Provides information on a number of genetic and rare diseases.
Genetic Disorders: The Links to Diet - Explores the role of diet in birth defects and genetic disorders. Includes nutritional links to disorders such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, homocystinuria, and cystic fibrosis.
Genetic and Rare Conditions - Lay advocacy groups, support groups, information on genetic conditions and birth defects for professionals, educators and individuals. Disorders from A-Z.
IMMD Institute of Medical Molecular Diagnostics Ltd. - The IMMD is a genetic testing laboratory located in Germany. Provides genetic tests for hereditary breast cancer, various cardiovascular diseases or diseases with onset in childhood.
Information on Trisomy 13 - Discusses medical information on this chromosome abnormality, including the doctor's personal experience with this rare disease.
MECP2 Duplication Syndrome - Provides information and support for families affected by this genetic condition first discovered in 2005.
Mitoblog - Blog about mitochondrial disease.
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia - Information on a rare congenital disease.
The Center For Jewish Genetics Disorders - A critical effort to provide public and professional education for many of the identified Jewish genetic disorders. Find info on screening and counseling, advocacy, events and community resources.
What Malformation Did El Greco Paint? - El Greco’s faces are modelled on a child with a distinctive malformation. But what condition is it?
XLH Network - Patient support group for XLH, a genetic condition also known as X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, X-Linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Familial Hypophosphatemia, Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets.
Your Genes, Your Health - The DNA Learning Center's multimedia guide to genetic disorders. Complete in depth articles about each disease listed.
Who was Peter the Wild Boy? - The BBC reports that on Peter, who had been found living alone and naked in a German forest in 1725, was brought to London by George I where he became a ‘human pet’ at Kensington Palace. In 2011 his cases was retrospectively diagnosed as Pitt-Hopkins. (August 08, 2011)
New Scientist: Heroin Addiction Gene Identified and Blocked - Scientists have not only identified a critical gene involved in heroin addiction relapse, but they have also successfully blocked it, eliminating cravings for the drug. (May 31, 2005)

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