Familial Dysautonomia |
FD; HSAN Type III; HSAN3; HSN-III |
Familial dysautonomia, or FD, is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system which affects the development and survival of sensory, sympathetic and some parasympathetic neurons in the autonomic and sensory nervous system resulting in variable symptoms including: insensitivity to pain, inability to produce tears, poor growth, and labile blood pressure (episodic hypertension and postural hypotension). People with FD have frequent vomiting crises, pneumonia, problems with speech and movement, d ...
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- Team Discovers A Gene That Causes Familial Pancreatic Cancer
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- Gene Discovered That Causes Familial Pancreatic Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- First Familial Pancreatic Cancer Gene Identified
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The Earth Times - Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:02 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
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ScienceDaily - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
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ScienceDaily - Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- A Candidate Gene For Familial Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Identified
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:00 EST
- New Test Spares Couples With Familial Cancer The Trauma Of Termination
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:00 EST
- New Test Spares Couples With Familial Cancer The Trauma Of Termination
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:00 EST
- Gene First Linked To Rare Disease May Trigger Skin Cancer, Other Tumors
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 21 May 2006 06:00 EST
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- Discoveries Should Aid Research Into Cause Of ALS
ScienceDaily - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:00 EST
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ScienceDaily - Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:00 EST
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- Gene May Predispose Some Families to Cancer
WebMD - Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:35 EST
- New tumor suppressor gene linked to cancer predisposition
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:00 EST
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