Genetic Disorders

• Alliance of Genetic Support Groups Directory
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Neurology Patient Care Programs The Center for Genetic Disorders provides expert diagnostic, testing, and counseling facilities for patients with a variety of inherited disorders.
• Center for Inherited Disease Research - Johns Hopkins University high throughput genotyping and statistical genetics services to investigators seeking to identify genes contributing to human disease.
• Center for Inherited Disorders of Energy Metabolism (CIDEM) - Case Western Reserve University focuses on disorders of mitochondrial function interfering with pyruvate metabolism, fatty acid oxidation, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.
• Chromosome 9P- NetworkAlfi's syndrome.
• Clinical Genetics: A Self Study for Health Care Providers covers identifying individuals and families who might benefit from genetic services, assisting them in accessing these services, and answering questions they might have following a genetic consultation.
• Genetic Disorders, Databases, and Genealogy John P. DuLong 5 April 1998 Collecting family health history is an important task for genealogists to accomplish.
• GeneCards provides a quick overview of the vast amount of knowledge about human genes, their products, and diseases in which they are involved.
• Gene Letter: How Genetic Disorders Occur Genetic disorders arise from mutations in genes or errors in the number or structure of chromosomes.
• Genetic Disorders Every parent thinks their child is special. But Ann and Neil have a very good reason for considering their daughter extra special. Six-month-old Rachel was born free of Tay-Sachs, an always deadly .
• Ethical Decision Making Model Dealing with Genetic Disorders Kenny 1994 Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute Students may be faced with a genetic disorder that will take counseling and much thought to arrive at decisions
• The George Washington University Wilson Genetics Center Genetic Disorders - 2300 'I' St. NW, Ross Hall Washington, DC 20037 202/994-4096, 888/409-8746, 202/994-0714 Counseling, Prenatal diagnosis, Test coordination & consultation
• Hereditary Disease Foundation non-profit, basic science organisation dedicated to the cure of genetic disease.
• National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)- a leading voice, authority, and advocate for the genetic couseling profession
• Neurogenetics - Massachusetts General Hospital - information on a variety of neurogenetic diseases including neurofibromatosis, Von Hippel-Lindau disease, and tuberous sclerosis.
• Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention - information and global resources on human genetic research, the Human Genome Project, epidemiology, public health, disease prevention, and health promotion.
• OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man - a catalogue of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere.
• Public Health Genetics Society - promotes awareness of the role of genetics in public health and disease and the implications of genetic technology on public health.
• Question of Genes, A - PBS special explores questions and ethical issues raised by genetic research and testing.
• Rare Genetic Diseases in Children - resource directory with links for rare childhood genetic diseases with message boards and parent-matching.
• The Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects by Wynbrandt, James, and Mark D. Ludman.. New York: Facts on File, 1991. 426 pp. $45. A selection of more than 600 genetic disorders and birth defects based on the disorder's incidence, and clinical and historical importance.
• Wadsworth--Division of Genetic Disorders Wadsworth Center-Division of Genetic Disorders.

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