Search Results: MCH Organizations

This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.

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Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases

Annotation: The Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases (formerly the National Foundation for Jewish Genetic Diseases) at The Mount Sinai Medical Center is devoted to the study of diseases that affect Ashkenazi Jews. The Center's missions are: (1) to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of patients and their families suffering from Jewish genetic diseases and (2) to conduct intensive research to combat these inherited diseases. The Center publishes scientific articles, presents papers at national meetings, sponsors international meetings, and collaborates with other researchers in the process of making discoveries and developing therapies.

Keywords: Bloom syndrome, Canavan disease, Familial dysautonomia, Gauchers disease, Information dissemination, Metabolic diseases, Mucolipidosis, Niemann Pick disease, Public awareness materials, Tay Sachs disease, Torsion dystonia

Dysautonomia Foundation (FD (Familial Dysautonomia))

Annotation: The Dysautonomia Foundation informs parents, physicians, and professionals about familial dysautonomia (FD), also called Riley-Day syndrome. The foundation supports the Dysautonomia Treatment and Evaluation Center at New York University Medical Center and at Hadassah Hospital, Israel. Publications include a journal, a biannual newsletter (Dys/course), and a brochure (Familial Dysautonomia Facts You Should Know). Technical information is provided on the Web site. In 2001, The Dysautonomia Foundation found the FD gene (IKAP) and now testing is available to all Jewish people of Ashkenazi decent.

Keywords: Autonomic nervous system diseases, Familial dysautonomia