Genetic Disorders

The yellow link's are for information

Red link's are video link's of the disorder.  The video's are about real life people and families.  Some have doctors talking about the genetic disorders. 

Green link's are personal links of real people who share their disorders by writing about it and sharing pictures of themselves and their families who live with them.

Genetic Disorder Grading

Cystic Fibrosis		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis                                                                     http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/cf.html                                                    http://www.ygyh.org/cf/whatisit.htm                                                           http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000107.htm#visualContent http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/heart/cystic_fibrosis.html                                                                 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1372958688956685839&q=Cystic+Fibrosis&hl=en
Huntington's disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington's_disease                                                        http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/huntington/huntington.htm                 http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/huntington/detail_huntington.htm                                              http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/huntingtons-disease/DS00401                                        http://www.kumc.edu/hospital/huntingtons/genetics.html
Marfan's Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfan_syndrome                                     http://www.medicinenet.com/marfan_syndrome/article.htm                                                                         http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4672                                 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000418.htm            http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Marfan.html                                                                                                          http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3085733736200174411&q=Marfan%27s+Syndrome&hl=en
Down Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome                                                                       http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs4txt.htm                                                         http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1214.asp                                               http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/downsyndrome.html      http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/birth_defect/down_syndrome.html                                                 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6855344245582871784&q=Down+Syndrome&hl=en
Edward's Syndrome (Trisomy 18)		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward's_syndrome                                                            http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001661.htm                          http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/chromosome18/a/050104.htm                                                                     http://www.specialch`ild.com/archives/dz-038.html       https://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsprequestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/edwards_syndrome.jsp
Fragile X Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile_X_syndrom                                                                                                http://www.fragilex.org/html/what.htm                                                                http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/fragile_x_syndrome.cfm                                                                             http://www.fragilex.org/html/home.shtml                                                                                                                           http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8761330929489009003&q=Fragile+X+Syndrome&hl=en
Hemophilia		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemophilia                                                                                             http://www.ygyh.org/hemo/whatisit.htm                              http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hemophilia/hemophilia_what.html                       http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hemophilia/DS00218                     http://www.emedicinehealth.com/hemophilia/article_em.htm                                                                                           http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3989591691673442332&q=Hemophilia&hl=en
Albinism		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism                                                                                  http://www.lowvision.org/albinism.htm                                                               http://www.albinism.org/publications/what_is_albinism.html                               http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001479.htm                            http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/birth_defect/albinism.html                                                               http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-908437055684495567&q=Albinism&hl=en
Sickle Cell Anemia		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle-cell_disease                          http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/blood/sickle_cell_anemia.html   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000527.htm                                  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Sca/SCA_WhatIs.html                     http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/sca.shtml
Male Pattern Baldness		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgenetic_alopecia                                                                 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001177.htm               http://menshealth.about.com/cs/hairhairloss/a/baldness.htm                                         http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ6Q72SWAC&sub_cat=300      http://www.ishrs.org/hair-loss/hair-loss-male.htm                                                               http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7998851134814453739&q=Male+Pattern+Baldness&hl=en
Alopecia		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata                                                   http://www.hnmrc.net/pd1178143514.html?categoryId=48&gclid=CN7t4av31YkCFRQ2UAoddU8mZA          http://familydoctor.org/081.xml                                                                                                                    http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/alopecia/alopecia.htm
Waardenburg Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waardenburg_syndrome                            http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/waard.asp                                                           http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition%3Dwaardenburgsyndrome                   http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/waardenburgsynd/a/030704.htm  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001428.htm               http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic690.htm
Angelman Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelman_syndrome#Living_with_Angelman_syndrome      http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/angelman/angelman.htm                                         http://www.angelman.org/angel/                                                                          http://asclepius.com/angel/asfinfo.html                                                                        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=105830                                   http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Angelman+Syndrome&hl=en
Parkinson Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_disease                                                  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm       http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parkinsonsdisease.html                                         http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2155484166890515817&q=Parkinson+Disease&hl=en     http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6648962601318172075&q=Michael+J.+Fox+with+Parkinson+Disease&hl=en
Tay-Sachs Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay-Sachs_disease                                                  http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1227.asp                                             http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/taysachs/taysachs.htm                                                http://www.ygyh.org/tay/whatisit.htm                                                                  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Tay_Sachs.html                                                    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2005163388543825547&q=Tay-Sachs+Disease&hl=en
Zellweger Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zellweger_syndrome               http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/zellweger/zellweger.htm        http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921991711.html                                            http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Zellweger.html                                         http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd.section.240          http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/justin03/
Canavan Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canavan_disease                                              http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/canavan/canavan.htm                            http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921391101.html                                   http://www.geneclinics.org/profiles/canavan/                                                                    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition%3Dcanavandisease                                                              http://www.jacobscure.org/
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcot-Marie-Tooth_disease              http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/charcot_marie_tooth/charcot_marie_tooth.htm     http://www.mda.org/disease/cmt.html                                                                    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/charcot_marie_tooth/detail_charcot_marie_tooth.htm                http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic43.htm
Joubert Syndrome		http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/joubert/joubert.htm                                               http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1288377   http://www.ccm.ucsd.edu/jsrd.htm                                                        http://www.webcare.md/ArticleDisplay754c2250.aspx  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/jablonski/syndromes/syndrome375.html                            http://www.allaboutjoey.com/what_is_joube            http://www.allaboutjoey.com/joeys_picture_pages.htm
Triple X Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-X_syndrome                          http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/xxxsyn.htm      http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=triplexsyndrome;jsessionid=FA000341B1B2049DE5E4C90A72AB7278   http://www.aaa.dk/TURNER/ENGELSK/TRIEN.HTM
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelizaeus-Merzbacher_disease             http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic520.htm                     http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/865.html                                                             http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pelizaeus_merzbacher/pelizaeus_merzbacher.htm                   http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1300/1316.asp?index=6107&src=newsp
Bloom's Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_syndrome                                                 http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=bloomsyndrome;jsessionid=DF010A1E50B125A4C7EB2299AEE65F5E                                    http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic54.htm                              http://www.mazornet.com/genetics/bloom_syndrome.asp                                                                      http://judaism.about.com/od/health/p/bloom.htm
Fabry Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabry_disease                                                    http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921727118.html                                                                  http://www.fabrydisease.com/ http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=fabrydisease;jsessionid=B8B57EF57917BF757888DAAEFAFAD373                                                                                                    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/fabrys/fabrys.htm
Gaucher Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucher's_disease                                                                              http://www.gaucherdisease.com/                                                                  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Gaucher.html                                           http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gauchers-disease/AN00840
Machado Joseph Disease		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machado-Joseph_disease                                                                         http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/machado_joseph/detail_machado_joseph.htm                   http://www.healthnewsflash.com/conditions/machado_joseph_disease.php     http://www.mazornet.com/genetics/machado.asp                                                                                http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/nord110.asp                                                                     http://health.enotes.com/neurological-disorders-encyclopedia/machado-joseph-disease
Thalassemia		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassemia                                           http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/thalassemia.html             http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/menu_thal.html                            http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Thalassemia/Thalassemia_WhatIs.html                                              http://www.shuanghor.com/Display.php?ID=case6
Rett Syndrome		http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rett/detail_rett.htm                                                                                          http://www.wemove.org/rett/                                                                                                    http://www.autism.org/rett.html                                                                                   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rett_syndrome                                                    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=312750                                           http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7014091294332456510&q=Rett+Syndrome&hl=en
Apert Syndrome		http://www.faces-cranio.org/Disord/Apert.htm                                                                                               http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=apertsyndrome;jsessionid=F53100B19E81A287772661C37AB8D627                http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic122.htm                                                                    http://www.specialchild.com/archives/dz020.html                                                        http://www.stronghealth.com/services/surgical/plastic/craniofacial/apertsyndrome.cfm
Menkes Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menkes_disease                                                                                                 http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~birmie/menkes.htm                                                                                                                                                               http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd.section.230                                   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001160.htm
Williams Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_syndrome                                                                                                   http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/williams/williams.htm                                                                                 http://www.williams-syndrome.org.uk/                                                                                                       http://www.williams-syndrome.org/forparents/whatiswilliams.html
Diabetes		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes                                                                                                                                                              http://www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_mellitus/article.htm                                                                                                                                        http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/                                                                                                                                                         http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
Tourette Syndrome		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome                                                                                     http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/detail_tourette.htm                                                                          http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/                                                                                                                                            http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20ch04.html                                                                                    http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40gtor.html

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