Tuesday, March 14, 2006

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISEASES

Disease
Adult polycystic kidney disease
Familial Hipercolesterolemia
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Marphan Syndrome
Neurofibromatosis type I
Neurofibromatosis type I
Von Hipplel-Lindau disease
Hunginton's Disease
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Tuberous Sclerosis
Acondroplasia
Remarks
Mutation APKD1 (chr 16)
Hyperlipidemia type IIA
FAP Ch 5 AD Positive Colon Ca
Fibrillin gene mutation
Von Recklinghausen's disease q17
Bilateral Acustic Neuroma
Deletion of VHL gene chr 3p
chr 4 triplet repeat disorder
Increased MCHC
Tuberous Sclerosis
Acondroplasia

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISEASE
Cystic fibrosis
Albinism
α1-antitrypsin deficiency
Phenylketonuria
Thalassemias
Sickle cell anemias
Glycogen storage diseases
Mucopolysaccharidoses (except Hunter’s)
Sphingolipidoses (except Fabry’s)
Infant polycystic kidney disease
Hemochromatosis.
X-LINKED RECESSIVE DISEASE
Fragile X
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy
Hemophilia A and B
Fabry’s G6PD deficiency
Hunter’s syndrome
Ocular albinism
Lesch–Nyhan syndrome
Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome
Source: FA

CATCH 22 Deletion 22q11 syndrome

DiGeorge Sd


  • Cleft Palate
  • Abnormal facies
  • Thymic Aplasia
  • Cardiac Defect
  • Hipocalcemia (Parathyroid Aplasia sec)
  • 22 (Microdeletion at 22q11)
  • DiGeorge Sd

    Deletion 22q11 syndrome: Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders

    Deletion 22q11 syndrome: Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
    DiGeorge Sd

    Monday, March 06, 2006

    Spongiform encephalopathy

    This is a spongiform encephalopathy of the brain. In humans, this disease is most often manifested as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rapidly progressive dementia. Histologically, there are small holes (spongiform change) seen with H&E. This disease is produced by the presence of an abnormal prion protein.
    Source: WebPath
    Encefalopatia espongiforme cerebral. Esta enfermedad se manifiesta en humanos como la enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob, que es una demencia rapidamente progresiva. Histologicamente se pueden observar los cambios espongiformes (pequenos orificios) con la tincion de H&E. Esta enfermedad es producida por la presencia de un prion proteico anormal.