Angelman Syndrome

Angelman Syndrome Foundation http://www.angelman.org/ Check out the Quick Links on the right side of this website.

Gene Reviews: Angelman Syndrome http://www.geneclinics.org/profiles/angelman/details.html Sponsored by the NIH and the University of Washington, Seattle

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man - Angelman http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=105830 Here's some serious information.

Personal webpage: Army of Angels http://www.armyofangels.org/

MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/angelman_syndrome/article.htm

Autism

The Autism Society of America: http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

Autism Speaks: http://www.autismspeaks.org/

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Brain Cancer

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. “Neuro-Oncology Program: About Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors,” OncoLink

National Cancer Institute “Brain Tumor Home Page,” www.cancer.gov

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Childhood onset diabetes

Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes projects. http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/diab_child.htm

American Diabetes Association:  http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

Color Blindness

Montgomery, Geoffrey. “Color Blindness: More Prevalent Among Males,” Breaking the code of color. Howard Hughes Medical Institute. http://www.hhmi.org/senses/b130.html

Cri du chat

Five P Minus Society. http://www.fivepminus.org/

U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. “Cri du chat syndrome,” Medical Encyclopedia. MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001593.htm

Cystic fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: http://www.cff.org/

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Down Syndrome

National Down Syndrome Society: http://www.ndss.org/

Nemours Foundation:  http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/genetic/down_syndrome.html

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Ehlers-Danlos

Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation: http://www.ednf.org/

Ehlers-Danlos Support Group: http://www.ehlers-danlos.org/

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Foundation: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

International League Against Epilepsy: http://www.ilae.org/

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Hair Loss Syndrome (Genetic Baldness)

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003246.htm

Hemochromatosis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hemochromatosis/DS00455

Hemophilia

National Hemophilia Foundation: http://www.hemophilia.org/

Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hemophilia/DS00218

Huntington’s disease

Huntington's Disease Society of America: http://www.hdsa.org/

Mayo Clinic:  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/huntingtons-disease/DS00401

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Klinefelters’ Syndrome

American Association for Klinefelter Syndrome Information and Support: http://www.aaksis.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine):  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/klinefelterssyndrome.html

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Marfan’s Syndrome

National Marfan Foundation: http://www.marfan.org/marfan/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/marfansyndrome.html

Multiple Sclerosis

National Multiple Sclerosis Society: http://www.nmss.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/multiplesclerosis.html

Muscular Dystrophy

The Muscular Dystrophy Association: http://www.mdausa.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine):  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/musculardystrophy.html

Myotonic Dystrophy

International Myotonic Dystrophy Organization: http://www.myotonicdystrophy.org/

Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/muscular-dystrophy/DS00200/DSECTION=2

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation: http://www.ocfoundation.org/

Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/DS00189

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Parkinson's Disease

National Parkinson's Foundation: http://www.parkinson.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parkinsonsdisease.html

PKU (Phenylketonuria)

National PKU News: http://www.pkunews.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine):

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phenylketonuria.html

Primordial Dwarfism

Nemours Foundation:
http://www.nemours.org/hospital/de/aidhc/service/skeletal/disorder/primordial-dwarfism.html

Progeria

The Progeria Research Foundation: http://www.progeriaresearch.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001657.htm

Sickle-cell anemia

The American Sickle Cell Association: http://www.ascaa.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sicklecellanemia.html

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SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency)

The SCID Homepage: http://www.scid.net/

Nemours Foundation: http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/allergies/severe_immunodeficiency.html

Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida Association of America : http://www.sbaa.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spinabifida.html

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Tay-Sachs Disease

National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, Inc.: http://www.ntsad.org/

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/taysachsdisease.html

Turner’s Syndrome

The Magic Foundation’s Turner’s Syndrome Page: http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/115/turner_syndrome.html

Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/turnerssyndrome.html   

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Williams Syndrome

The Williams Syndrome Association: http://www.williams-syndrome.org/