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Chromosome 15

13

1 12

p

11

 

 

 

q

11

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Prader-Willi syndrome (15q)

1

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FBN1: Marfan syndrome

222

23

24

25

26

Hereditary hearing loss

Chromosome 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canavan disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

p53: Li Fraumeni syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tumor suppressor protein

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIS1: Lissencephaly

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMT1A: Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

 

 

..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALDH: Sjogren-Larsson syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRCA1: Breast cancer/ovarian cancer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

2 23 MKS1: Meckel syndrome, Type 1

24

25

SOX9: Campomelic dysplasia

Chromosome 19

 

1

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donohue syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

q11

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central core disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 13

 

 

 

 

APOE: Atherosclerosis

 

 

 

 

 

LCA1: Leber congenital amaurosis, Type 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DM: Myotonic dystrophy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

12

 

 

 

 

PKD1: Polycystic kidney disease

Chromosome

 

Chromosome 16

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

FMF: Familial Mediterranean fever

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

12 Crohn’s disease

13

21 BBS2: Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Type 2

22

223

24

ABCC6: Pseudoaxanthoma elasticum (16)

Chromosome 18

 

p 1

11

 

 

 

 

MAFD1: Manic affective disorder 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q

11

 

 

 

 

NPC1: Niemann-Pick disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

DPC4 (Smad4): Pancreatic cancer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

222

23

Chromosome 20

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

MKKS: McKusick-Kaufman syndrome

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADA1: Severe combined immunodeficiency

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAS: McCune-Albright syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDMP1: Brachydactyly

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Chromosome Map

 

Chromosome 21

 

Chromosome 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multifactorial inheritance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homocystinuria

q

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

DGS: DiGeorge syndrome

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALS1: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOD1: Superoxide dismutase 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

NF2: Neurofibromatosis

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

APS1: Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chromosome X

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIG-A: Paroxysomal nocternal

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hemoglobinuria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DMD: Duchenne muscular dystrophy

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renpenning syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sutherland-Hann syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATP7A: Menkes syndrome

1

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATRX: Smith-Fineman-Myers syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLA: Fabry disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IL2RG: X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCRL1: Lowe syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SGBS1: Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FMR1: Fragile X syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STA: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X-linked hydrocephaly

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALD: Adrenoleukodystrophy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asplenia (x)

KAL: Kallman syndrome (x)

Chromosome Y

SRY(TDF): Testis-determining factor

1 11

p q

11

1

12

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ORGANIZATIONS

The following is an alphabetical compilation of organizations listed in the Resources section of the main body entries. Although the list is comprehensive, it is by no means exhaustive. It is a starting point for further information, as well as other online and print sources. Many of the organizations listed provide information for multiple disorders and have links to additional related websites. E-mail addresses and web addresses listed were provided by the associations; Gale Group is not responsible for the accuracy of the addresses or the contents of the websites.

5p-Society

7108 Katella Ave. #502 Stanton, CA 90680 Phone: (888) 970-0777

Website: http://www.fivepminus.org

I A

A-T Children’s Project

668 South Military Trail Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Phone: (800) 5-HELP-A-T Website: http://www.atcp.org

A-T Medical Research Foundation

5241 Round Meadow Road Hidden Hills, CA 91302

Website: http://www.pathnet.medsch

.ucla.edu/people/faculty/gatti/

gatsign.htm

AboutFace International

123 Edwards Street, Suite 1003 Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada

Phone: (800) 665-FACE E-mail:

info@aboutfaceinternational.org Website: http://www

.aboutfaceinternational.org

AboutFace USA

PO Box 458

Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Phone: (312) 337-0742 or (888) 4861209

E-mail: aboutface2000@aol.com Website: http://www.aboutface2000.org

Achromatopsia Network

C/O Frances Futterman PO Box 214

Berkeley, CA 94701-0214 Website: http://www.achromat.org/

how_to_ join.html

Acid Maltase Deficiency Association (AMDA)

PO Box 700248

San Antonio, TX 78270-0248 Phone: (210) 494-6144 or (210) 490-

7161

Fax: (210) 490-7161 or (210) 497-3810 Website: http://www.amda-pompe.org

Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC) Network

University of Maine

Merrill Hall, Room 18, 5749 Orono, ME 04469-5749 Phone: (207) 581-3119 E-mail: um-acc@maine.edu

Aicardi Syndrome Awareness and

Support Group

29 Delavan Ave.

Toronto, ON M5P 1T2

Canada

Phone: (416) 481-4095

Aicardi Syndrome Foundation

450 Winterwood Dr. Roselle, IL 60172 Phone: (800) 373-8518.

Website: http://www.aicardi.com

AIS Support Group (AISSG)

PO Box 269, Banbury Oxon, OX15 6YT United Kingdom

Website: http://www.medhelp.org/ www/ais

AKU Hotline

Website: http://www.goodnet.com/ ~ee72478/enable/hotline.htm

Alcoholics Anonymous World

Services

PO Box 459, Grand Central Station

New York, NY 10163

Phone: (212) 870-3400

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc.

3417 Volta Place NW Washington, DC 20007-2778. Phone: (800) 432-7543 Website: http://www.agbell.org

Allergy and Asthma Network.

Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc.

2751 Prosperity Ave., Suite 150

Fairfax, VA 22031

Phone: (800) 878-4403

Fax: (703) 573-7794

Alliance of Genetic Support Groups

4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20008

Phone: (202) 966-5557 Fax: (202) 966-8553

Website: http://www.geneticalliance

.org

Alpha 1 National Association

8120 Penn Ave. South, Suite 549 Minneapolis, MN 55431

Phone: (612) 703-9979 or (800) 5213025

E-mail: julie@alpha1

Website: http://www.alpha1.org

Alpha One Foundation

2937 SW 27th Ave., Suite 302, Miami, FL 33133.

Phone: (305) 567-9888 or (877) 2287321.

E-mail: mserven@alphaone. Website: http://www.alphaone.org

Alpha to Alpha

RR#5 Box 859 Warsaw, MO 65355 Phone: (660) 438-3045

Website: http://www.alpha2alpha.org

AlphaNet

Phone: (800) 557-2638

Website: http://www.alphanet.org

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Organizations

ALS Association of America (ALSA)

27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150 Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104 Phone: (818) 800-9006

Fax: (818) 880-9006 Website: http://www.alsa.org

Alzheimer’s Association

919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1000

Chicago, IL 60611-1676

Phone: (800) 272-3900

Alzheimer’s Disease International

45/46 Lower Marsh

London, SE1 7RG

United Kingdom

Phone: (+44 20) 7620 3011 E-mail: adi@alz.co.uk Website: http://www.alz.co.uk

Ambiguous Genitalia Support Network

PO Box 313

Clements, CA 95227-0313 Phone: (209) 727-0313 Fax: (209) 727-0313 E-mail: agsn@jps.net

Website: http://www.stepstn.com

AMD Alliance International

PO Box 550385 Atlanta, GA 30355 Phone: (877) 263-7171

Website: http://www.amdalliance.org

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

611 E. Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: (414) 272-6071 Fax: (414) 272-6070

Website: http://www.aaaai.org

American Academy of Dermatology

PO Box 4014, 930 N. Meacham Road Schaumburg, IL 60168-4014

Phone: (847) 330-0230 Fax: (847) 330-0050 Website: http://www.aad.org

American Academy of

Ophthalmology

PO Box 7424

San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 Phone: (415) 561-8500 Website: http://www.eyenet.org

American Academy of Pediatrics

141 Northwest Point Boulevard

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098

Phone: (847) 434-4000

Fax: (847) 434-8000

Website: http://www.aap.org/visit/ contact.htm

American Association for Klinefelter Syndrome Information and Support (AAKSIS)

2945 W. Farwell Ave. Chicago, IL 60645-2925

Phone: (773) 761-5298 or (888) 4665747

Fax: (773) 761-5298 E-mail: aaksis@aaksis.org

Website: http://www.aaksis.org

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Website: http://med-aapos.bu.edu/

American Association of the Deaf-

Blind

814 Thayer Ave., Suite 302

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone: (301) 588-6545

American Association of Kidney Patients

100 S. Ashley Dr., Suite 280 Tampa, FL 33602

Phone: (800) 749-2257 Website: http://www.aakp.org

American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)

444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 846

Washington, DC 20001-1512 Phone: (800) 424-3688. Website: http://www.aamr.org

American Cancer Society

1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: (800) 227-2345

Website: http://www.cancer.org

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

104 South Estes Dr., Suite 204 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: (919) 993-9044

Fax: (919) 933-9604

Website: http://www.cleftline.org

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

PO Box 96920, 409 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20090-6920 Website: http://www.acog.org

American College of Rheumatology

60 Executive Park South, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30329

Phone: (404) 633-3777

Website: http://www.rheumatology.org

American Council of the Blind

1155 15th Street NW, Suite 720 Washington, DC 20005

Phone: (202) 467-5081 or (800) 4248666

Website: http://www.acb.org

American Diabetes Association

1701 N. Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311

Phone: (703) 549-1500 or (800) 3422383

Website: http://www.diabetes.org

American Epilepsy Society

342 North Main Street West Hartford, CT 06117 Phone: (860) 586-7505 Fax: (860 586-7550 E-mail: info@aesnet

Website: http://www.aesnet.org

American Foundation for the Blind

11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York, NY 10001 Phone: (800) 232-5463

American Foundation for Urologic Disease, Inc.

1128 North Charles Street

Baltimore, MD 21201-5559 Phone: (410)468-1808 Website: http://www.afud.org

American Hair Loss Council

Phone: (888) 873-9719 Website: http://www.ahlc.org

American Heart Association

7272 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX 75231-4596

Phone: (214) 373-6300 or (800) 2428721

E-mail: inquire@heart

Website: http://www.americanheart.org

American Hemochromatosis Society, Inc.

777 E. Atlantic Ave., PMB Z-363 Delray Beach, FL 33483-5352 Phone: (561) 266-9037 or (888) 655-

IRON (4766) E-mail: ahs@emi.net

Website: http://www.americanhs.org

American Kidney Fund

Suite 1010, 6110 Executive Boulevard

Rockville, MD 20852

Phone: (899) 638-8299

American Liver Foundation

75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603

New York, NY 10038

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Phone: (800) 465-4837 or (888) 4437222

Website: http://www.liverfoundation

.org

American Lung Association

1740 Broadway

New York, NY 10019-4374

Phone: (212) 315-8700 or (800) 5864872

Website: http;//www.lungusa.org

American Macular Degeneration Foundation

PO Box 515

Northampton, MA 01061-0515 Phone: (413) 268-7660

Website: http://www.macular.org

American Medical Association

Washington Office 1101 Vermont Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 789-7400

Website: http://www.ama-assn.org

American Nystagmus Network

PO Box 45

Jenison, MI 49429-0045

Website: http://www.nystagmus.org

American Optometric Association

243 North Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63141

Phone: (314) 991-4100 Website: http://www.aoanet.org

American Porphyria Foundation

PO Box 22712 Houston, TX 77227 Phone: (713) 266-9617

Website: http://www.enterprise.net/apf/

American Pseudo-Obstruction &

Hirschsprung’s Society

158 Pleasant Street

North Andover, MA 01845

Phone: (978) 685-4477

American Psychiatric Association

1400 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20005

Phone: (202) 682-6220

American Sleep Disorders

Association

1610 14th Street NW, Suite 300

Rochester, MN 55901

Phone: (507) 287-6006

American Society for Deaf Children

PO Box 3355 Gettysburg, PA 17325

Phone: (800) 942-ASDC or (717) 3347922 v/tty

Website: http://www.deafchildren.org/ asdc2k/home/home.shtml

American Society for Dermatologic Surgery

1567 Maple Ave. Evanston, IL 60201 Phone: (708) 869-3954

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

1209 Montgomery Highway Birmingham, AL 35216-2809 Phone: (205) 978-5000 E-mail: asrm@asrm

Website: http://www.asrm.org

American Society of Human Genetics

9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814-3998 Phone: (301) 571-1825

Website: http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ ashg/ashgmenu.htm

American Society of Hypertension

515 Madison Ave., Suite 1212 New York, NY 10022

Phone: (212) 644-0600 Website: http://www.ash-us.org

American Syringomelia Project

PO Box 1586

Longview, TX 75606-1586

Phone: (903) 236-7079

American Thyroid Association

PO Box 1836

Falls Church, VA 22041-1836 Phone: (410) 243-4483

Fax: (703) 998-8893

Website: http://www.thyroid.org

Anemia Institute for Research and Education

151 Bloor Street West, Suite 600 Toronto, ON M5S 1S4

Canada

Phone: (877) 99-ANEMIA Website: http://www.anemiainstitute

.net

Angelman Syndrome Foundation

414 Plaza Dr., Suite 209 Westmont, IL 60559-1265

Phone: (630) 734-9267 or (800) 4326435

Fax: (630) 655-0391

E-mail: info@angelman

Website: http://www.angelman.org

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

11900 Parklawn Dr., Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852

Phone: (301) 231-9350 Fax: (301) 231-7392 E-mail: anxdis@adaa.org

Apert Syndrome Support Group

8708 Kathy

St. Louis, MO 63126

Phone: (314) 965-3356

Aplastic Anemia Foundation

PO Box 613

Annapolis, MD 21404-0613 Phone: (800) 747-2820 Website: http://www.aplastic.org

Arc (A National Organization on Mental Retardation)

1010 Wayne Ave., Suite 650 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: (800) 433-5255

Website: http://www.tharclink.org

Arc of the United States (formerly Association for Retarded Citizens of the US)

500 East Border Street, Suite 300 Arlington, TX 76010

Phone: (817) 261-6003 Website: http://thearc.org

Arc’s Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource Guide

The Arc’s Publication Desk

3300 Pleasant Valley Lane, Suite C, Arlington, TX 76015

Phone: (888) 368-8009

Website: http://www.thearc.org/misc/ faslist.html

Arthritis Foundation

1330 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309

Phone: (800) 283-7800 Website: http://www.arthritis.org

The Arthrogryposis Group (TAG)

1 The Oaks, Gillingham Dorset, SP8 4SW United Kingdom Phone: 01-747-822655

Website: http://tagonline.org.uk

Association for Glycogen Storage Disease (United Kingdom)

Phone: 0131 554 2791 Fax: 0131 244 8926

Website: http://www.agsd.uk

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Association for Macular Diseases, Inc.

210 East 64th Street

New York, NY 10021

Phone: (212) 605-3719 E-mail: 2020@nei.nih.gov

Website: http://www.macula@macula

.org

Association for Neuro-Metabolic Disorders

5223 Brookfield Lane Sylvania, OH 43560-1809 Phone: (419) 885-1497

Association for Science in Autism Treatment

175 Great Neck Road, Suite 406 Great Neck, NY 11021

Phone: (516) 466-4400 Fax: (516) 466-4484

E-mail: asat@autism-treatment

Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

42 Park Road Peterborough, PE1 2UQ United Kingdom Phone: 0173 355 5988 Fax: 017 3355 5985

E-mail: postmaster@asbah

Website: http://www.asbah.demon.co

.uk

Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community

PO Box 1472

Wake Forest, NC 27588-1472 Phone: (919) 624-9447

Website: http://www.bladderexstrophy

.com/support.htm

Association of Birth Defects in Children

930 Woodcock Road, Suite 225 Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 895-0802

Website: http://www.birthdefects.org

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)

1233 20th Street NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (800) 7-ASTHMA Fax: (202) 466-8940 Website: http://www.aafa.org

The A-T Project

3002 Enfield Road

Austin, TX 78703 Phone: (512) 472-4892

Website: http://www.atproject.org

Ataxia MJD Research Project, Inc.

875 Mahler Road, Suite 161 Burlingame, CA 94010-1621 Phone: (650) 259-3984

Fax: (650) 259-3983

Website: http://www.ataxiamjd.org

Autism Research Institute

4182 Adams Ave.

San Diego, 92116

Fax: (619) 563-6840

Autism Society of America

7910 Woodmont Ave. Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814-3015 Phone: (301) 657-0881 or (800) 3-

AUTISM

Website: http://www.autism-society.org

AVENUES National Support Group for Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita

PO Box 5192 Sonora, CA 95370

Phone: (209) 928-3688 E-mail: avenues@sonnet.com

Website: http://www.sonnet.com/ avenues

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Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation, Inc.

Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1490

New York, NY 10029

Phone: (212) 241-5614 Website: http://www.dystonia-

parkinsons.org

Battens Disease Support and

Research Association

2600 Parsons Ave. Columbus, OH 43207 Phone: (800) 448-4570

Website: http://www.bdsra.org

Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network

2711 Colony Road Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: (734) 973-0263 or (800) 8372976

Website: http://www.beckwithwiedemann.org

Blind Children’s Fund

4740 Okemos Road Okemos, MI 48864-1637 Phone: (517) 347-1357 Website: http://www

.blindchildrensfund.org

Boys Town National Research Hospital

555 N. 30th Street

Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: (402) 498-6749

Website: http://www.boystown.org/ Btnrh/Index.htm

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Canadian Hemophilia Society

625 President Kennedy, Suite 1210 Montreal, QUE H3A 1K2

Canada

Phone: (514) 848-0503 Fax: (514) 848-9661 E-mail: chs@hemophilia.ca

Website: http://www.hemophilia.ca/ english/index.html

Canadian Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Society, Inc. (CMEN)

PO Box 100

Meota, SK S0M 1X0 Canada

Phone: (306) 892-2080

Canadian Opitz Family Network

Box 892

Errington, BC V0R 1V0 Canada

Phone: (250) 954-1434 Fax: (250) 954-1465 E-mail: opitz@apollos.net

Website: http://www.apollos.net/arena/ opitz/start.html

Canadian Society for Mucopolysaccharide and Related Diseases

PO Box 64714 Unionville, ON L3R-OM9 Canada

Phone: (905) 479-8701 or (800) 6671846

Website: http://www.mpssociety.ca

Canavan Foundation

320 Central Park West, Suite 19D

New York, NY 10025

Phone: (212) 877-3945

Canavan Research Foundation

Fairwood Professional Building New Fairwood, CT 06812 Phone: (203) 746-2436

E-mail: canavan_research@hotmail

.com

Website: http://www.canavan.org

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Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and

Website: http://www.changingfaces

Education Foundation, Inc.

.co.uk

2082 Michelson Dr., #301

Charcot Marie Tooth Association

Irvine, CA 92612-1212

Phone: (949) 752-2273 or (800) 404-

(CMTA)

9500

2700 Chestnut Parkway

E-mail: care@longqt

Chester, PA 19013

Website: http://www.longqt.org

Phone: (610) 499-9264 or (800) 606-

Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Support

CMTA

Fax: (610) 499-9267

Network

E-mail: cmtassoc@aol.com

157 Alder Ave.

Website: http://www.charcot-marie-

McKee City, NJ 08232

tooth.org

Phone: (609) 646-5606

CHARGE Family Support Group

Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome

82 Gwendolen Ave.

Family Network

London, E13 ORD

183 Brown Road

United Kingdom

Vestal, NY 13850

Phone: 020-8552-6961

Phone: (607) 772-9666

Website: http://www.widerworld.co.uk/

Website: http://www.cfcsyndrome.org

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Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome

CHARGE Syndrome Foundation

Foundation

2004 Parkade Boulevard

3962 Van Dyke Street

Columbia, MO 65202-3121

White Bear Lake, MN 55110

Phone: (800) 442-7604

Website: http://www.cfcfoundation

Website: http://www.chargesyndrome

.com

.org

Center for Loss in Multiple Birth,

CHASER (Congenital Heart

Inc. (CLIMB)

Anomalies Support, Education,

PO Box 1064

and Resources)

Palmer, AK 99654

2112 North Wilkins Road

Phone: (907) 222-5321

Swanton, OH 43558

Center for Neurologic Study

Phone: (419) 825-5575

Website: http://www.csun.edu/

9850 Genesee Ave., Suite 320

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Lajolla, CA 92037

Cherub Association of Families &

Phone: (858) 455-5463

Fax: (858) 455-1713

Friends of Limb Disorder

E-mail: cns@cts

Children

Website: http://www.cnsonline.org

8401 Powers Road

Center for Study of Multiple Birth

Batavia, NY 14020

Phone: (716) 762-9997

334 E. Superior Street, Suite 464

Children Living with Inherited

Chicago, IL 60611

Phone: (312) 266-9093

Metabolic Diseases

Website: http://www.multiplebirth.com

The Quadrangle, Crewe Hall, Weston

Centers for Disease Control

Road, Crewe

Cheshire, CW1-6UR

Office of Genetics and Disease

United Kingdom

Prevention

Phone: 127 025 0221

4770 Buford Highway NE

Fax: 0870-7700-327

Atlanta, GA 30341-3724

Website: http://www.climb.uk

Phone: (770) 488-3235

Children’s Blood Foundation

Fax: (770) 488-3236

E-mail: genetics@cdc.gov

333 East 38th Street, Room 830

Website: http://www.cdc.gov/genetics

New York, NY 10016-2745

Changing Faces

Phone: (212) 297-4336

E-mail: cfg@nyh.med.cornell.edu

1 & 2 Junction Mews

Children’s Brain Disease Foundation

London, W2 1PN

United Kingdom

350 Parnassus Ave., Suite 900

Phone: 0207 706 4232

San Francisco, CA 94117

E-mail: info@changingfaces.co.uk

Phone: (415) 566-5402

Children’s Brittle Bone Foundation

7701 95th Street

Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 Phone: (847) 433-498 Website: http://www.cbbf.org

Children’s Craniofacial Association

PO Box 280297 Dallas, TX 75243-4522

Phone: (972) 994-9902 or (800) 5353643

E-mail: contactcca@ccakids.com Website: http://www.ccakids.com

Children’s Gaucher Research Fund

PO Box 2123

Granite Bay, CA 95746-2123 Phone: (916) 797-3700

Fax: (916) 797-3707

Website: http://www.childrensgaucher

.org

Children’s Mitochondrial Disease Network

Mayfield House, 30 Heber Walk, Chester Way,

Northwich, CW9 5JB United Kingdom Phone: 01606 44733

Website: http://www.emdn-mitonet.co

.uk

Choroideremia Research Foundation

23 E. Brundreth Street

Springfield, MA 01109

Website: http://www.choroideremia.org

Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society

6302 Fox Head

San Antonio, TX 78247

Phone: (210) 567-4968

Website: http://www.chromosome18

.org

Chromosome Deletion Outreach, Inc.

PO Box 724

Boca Raton, FL 33429-0724

Phone: (561) 391-5098 or (888) 2366880

Fax: (561) 395-4252

E-mail: cdo@worldnet.att.net Website: http://members.aol.com/

cdousa/cdo.htm

CMT International

Attn: Linda Crabtree 1 Springbank Dr.

St. Catherine’s, ON L2S2K1 Canada

Phone: (905) 687-3630 Website: http://www.cmtint.org

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Coalition for Heritable Disorders of

Corporation for Menkes Disease

Connective Tissue (CHDCT)

5720 Buckfield Court

382 Main Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46814

Port Washington, NY 11050

Phone: (219) 436-0137

Phone: (516) 883-8712

 

Website: http://www.chdct.org

Council of Regional Networks for

 

Colon Cancer Alliance

Genetic Services

Genetic Services Program, Wadsworth

175 Ninth Ave

Center Labs & Research

New York, NY 10011

PO Box 509, Room E299, Empire

Phone: (212) 627-7451

State Plaza

Website: http://ccalliance.org

Albany, NY 12201-0509

 

Phone: (518) 474-7148

Colorectal Cancer Network

Website: http://www.cc.emory.edu/

PEDIATRICS/corn/corn.htm

PO Box 182

 

Kensington, MD 20895-0182

Craniosynostosis and Parents

Phone: (301) 879-1500

Website: http://www.colorectal-cancer

Support (CAPS)

.net

2965-A Quarters

 

Quantico, VA 22134

Columbia Presbyterian Medical

Phone: (877) 686-CAPS or (703) 445-

1078

Center

Website: http://www.caps2000.org/

Dept. of Neurological Surgery

 

710 West 168 Street

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

New York, NY 10032

Phone: (212) 305-0378

Foundation, Inc.

Fax: (212) 305-3629

PO Box 611625

Website: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/

Miami, FL 33261-1625

dept/nsg/PNS/Hydrocephalus.html

Fax: (954) 436-7591

 

Website: http://www.cjdfoundation.org

Congenital Heart Anomalies

Cri du Chat Society

Support, Education, and

Resources

Dept. of Human Genetics, Box 33,

2112 North Wilkins Road

MCV Station,

Swanton, OH 43558

Richmond VA 23298

Phone: (419) 825-5575

Phone: (804) 786-9632

Website: http://www.csun.edu/

 

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Cri du Chat Syndrome Support

 

Congenital Heart Disease

Group

Website: http://www.cridchat.u-net.com

Information and Resources

 

1561 Clark Dr.

Crouzon Support Network

Yardley, PA 19067

PO Box 1272

Website: http://www.tchin.org

Edmonds, WA 98020

 

Conjoined Twins International

E-mail: penny@crouzon

Website: http://www.crouzon.org

PO Box 10895

 

Prescott, AZ 86304-0895

Crouzon’s/Meniere’s Parent Support

 

Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, Inc.

Network

3757 North Catherine Dr.

129-09 26th Ave. #203

Prescott Valley, AZ 86314-8320

Flushing, NY 11354

Phone: (800) 842-4681

Phone: (800) 522-7222 or (718) 321-

E-mail: katy@northlink.com

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Website: http://www.thalassemia.org

Cure Autism Now (CAN) Foundation

 

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

5455 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 715

Los Angeles, CA 90036-4234

Foundation, Inc.

Phone: (500) 888-AUTISM

302 West Main Street, Suite 100

Fax: (323) 549-0547

Avon, CT 06001

E-mail: info@cureautismnow

Phone: (860) 676-8166 (800) 223-8355

Website: http://www.cureautismnow

Fax: (860) 676-8337

.org

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

6931 Arlington Road

Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone: (301) 951-4422 Website: http://www.cff.org

Cystinosis Foundation

2516 Stockbridge Dr.

Oakland, CA 94611 Phone: (800) 392-8458 Website: http://www

.cystinosisfoundation.org

Cystinosis Research Network

8 Sylvester Road Burlington, MA 01803 Phone: (866) CURE NOW Fax: (781) 229-6030

Website: http://www.cystinosis.org

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Dandy-Walker Syndrome Network

5030 142nd Path West

Apple Valley, MN 55124

Phone: (612) 423-4008

DB-LINK, Teaching Research

345 N. Monmouth Ave.

Monmouth, OR 97361.

Phone: (800) 438-9376.

Website: http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/ about.htm

Deafness Research Foundation

575 Fifth Ave., 11th Floor New York, NY 10017 Phone: (800) 535-3323 E-mail: drf@drf

Diabetes Action Research and

Education Foundation

426 C Street NE Washington, DC 20002

Website: http://www.daref.org

Dubowitz Syndrome Nationwide

Support Group Network

RR 1 Box 114

Downs, IL 61736

Phone: (309) 724-8407

Dubowitz Syndrome Parent Support

PO Box 173

Wheatland, IN 47597

Phone: (812) 886-0575

Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc.

633 Third Ave., 12th Floor

New York, NY 10017-6706

Phone: (212) 949-6644

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Website: http://www.med.nyu.edu/fd/ fdcenter.html

Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

One East Wacker Dr., Suite 2430 Chicago, IL 60601

Phone: (312) 755-0198 Website: http://www.dystonia-

foundation.org

Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of America (DebRA)

40 Rector Street, Suite 1403 New York, NY 10006 Phone: (212) 513-4090 Fax: (212) 513-4099

E-mail: staff.debra@exario.net Website: http://www.debra.org

Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of United Kingdom, (DebRA)

13 Wellington Business Park Dukes Ride, Crowthorne Berkshire, RG45 6LS United Kingdom

Phone: 011-01344 771961 E-mail: admin@debra.uk Website: http://www.debra.org.uk

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EA/TEF Child and Family Support Connection, Inc.

111 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite

1145

Chicago, IL 60604-3502

Phone: (312) 987-9085 Fax: (312) 987-9086 E-mail: eatef2@aol.com

Website: http://www.eatef.org/

EAR (Education and Auditory Research) Foundation

1817 Patterson Street

Nashville, TN 37203 Phone: (800) 545-HEAR

E-mail: earfound@earfoundation Website: http://www.theearfound.org

Ectodermal Dyplasia Society

108 Charlton Lane Cheltenham, GlosGL53 9EA United Kingdom

Website: http://www

.ectodermaldysplasia.org

Ehlers-Danlos Support Group—UK

PO Box 335, Farnham

Surrey, GU10 1XJ

United Kingdom Phone: 01252 690 940

Website: http://www.atv.ndirect.co.uk

Elhers-Danlos National Foundation

6399 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 203 Los Angeles, CA 90048

Phone: (323) 651-3038 Fax: (323) 651-1366

Website: http://www.ednf.org

Ellis-Van Creveld Foundation

Farthingdale Farm, Hackmans Lane, Purleigh

Chelmsford, CM3 6RW United Kingdom Phone: 01-621-829675

Website: http://www.cafamily.uk/ Direct/e24.html

Endocrine Society

4350 East West Highway, Suite 500 Bethesda, MD 20814-4410

Phone: (301) 941-0200 Fax: (301) 941-0259

E-mail: endostaff@endo-society.

Epilepsy Foundation of America

4351 Garden City Dr., Suite 406 Landover, MD 20785-2267

Phone: (301) 459-3700 or (800) 3321000

Website: http://www

.epilepsyfoundation.org

European Chromosome 11q Network

Attn: Annet van Betuw Else Mauhsstraat 7 6708 NJ Wageningen Netherlands

Phone: (+31) 317-42 33 45 Fax: (+31) 317-42 69 80 Website: http://www.11q.org

European Long QT Syndrome Information Center

Ronnerweg 2

Nidau, 2560

Switzerland

Phone: 04(132) 331-5835 E-mail: jmettler@bielnews.ch Website: http://www.bielnews.ch/

cyberhouse/qt/qt.html

Eye Bank Association of America

1015 18th Street NW, Suite 1010 Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 775-4999

Website: http://www.restoresight.org/

Eye Cancer Network

115 East 61st Street

New York, NY 10021

Phone: (212) 832-8170

Website: http://www.eyecancer.com

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Fabry Support and Information Group

PO Box 510, 108 NE 2nd Street, Suite C

Concordia, MO 64020

Phone: (660) 463-1355

Website: http://www.cpgnet.com/fsig

.nsf

FACES. The National Craniofacial Assocation

PO Box 11082 Chattanooga, TN 37401

Phone: (423) 266-1632 or (800) 3322373

E-mail: faces@faces-cranio. Website: http://www.faces-cranio.org/

FacioScapuloHumeral Society, Inc.

3 Westwood Road Lexington, MA 02420 Phone: (781) 860-0501

E-mail: carol.perez@fshsociety Website: http://www.fshsociety.org

Factor V Leiden

Website: http://www.fvleiden.org

Families of Adults Afflicted with Asperger’s Syndrome (FAAAS)

PO Box 514 Centerville, MA 02632

Website: http://www.faaas.org

Families with Moyamoya Support Network

4900 McGowen Street SE

Cedar Rapids, IA 54203

Family Village

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Waisman Center

1500 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53705-2280

E-mail: familyvillage@waisman.wisc

.edu

Website: http://www.familyvillage.wisc

.edu/index.html

Fanconi Anemia Research Fund

1801 Willamette Street, Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97401-4030

Phone: (800) 828-4891 Website: http://www.fanconi.org

Fatty Oxidation Disorders (FOD)

Family Support Group

Deb Lee Gould, MEd, Director, FOD

Family Support Group, MCAD

Parent and Grief Consultant

805 Montrose Dr.

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Greensboro, NC 24710

Phone: (336) 547-8682

Website: http://www.fodsupport.org

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute

PO Box 2525 Lynnwood, WA 98036

Phone: (253) 531-2878 or (800) 9993429

Website: http://www

.fetalalcoholsyndrome.org

Food and Drug Administration

Department of Health and Human Services

5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: (888) 463-6332 Website: http://www.fda.gov

Footsteps Institute for Rare Diseases

624 Martin Luther King Way Tacoma, WA 98405

Phone: (253) 383-0985 or (888) 6404673

E-mail: rwrfsi@aol.com

Forbes Norris ALS Research Center

Caifornia Pacific Medical Center

2324 Sacramento Street

San Francisco, CA 94115

Phone: (415) 923-3604

Fax: (415) 673-5184

Forward Face, Inc.

317 East 34th Street, Room 901 New York, NY 10016

Phone: (212) 684-5860 or (800) 3933223

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Executive Plaza 1, Suite 800, 11350 McCormick Road

Hunt Valley, MD 21031

Phone: (888) 394-3937

Website: http://www.blindness.org

Foundation for Blood Research

PO Box 190, 69 US Route One Scarborough, ME 04070-0190 Phone: (207) 883-4131

Fax: (207) 883-1527 Website: http://www.fbr.org

Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types

650 N. Cannon Ave., Suite 17 Landsdale, PA 19446

Phone: (215) 631-1411 or (800) 5453286

Fax: (215) 631-1413

Website: http://www.scalyskin.org

Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education

300 27th Street Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: (888) 266-3015

Website: http://www.fore.org

Freeman-Sheldon Parent Support

Group

509 East Northmont Way

Salt Lake City, UT 84103-3324

Phone: (801) 364-7060

Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance

2001 Jefferson Davis Highway #209 Arlington, VA 22202

Phone: (703) 413-4468 Website: http://www.frda.org

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GeneTests

Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center

PO Box 5371

Seattle, WA 98105-0371

Phone: (206) 527-5742 Fax: (206) 527-5743

Website: http://www.genetests.org/

Genetic Alliance

4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, #404 Washington, DC 20008-2304 Phone: (202) 966-5557

Helpline: (800) 336-GENE Fax: (888) 394-3937

E-mail: info@geneticalliance Website: http://www.geneticalliance

.org

Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia

Support Group

28 Duke Road, Newton

Hyde, SK14 4JB

United Kingdom

Phone: 0161-368-0219

Glaucoma Foundation

33 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038

Phone: (800) 452-8266 Website: http://www.glaucoma-

foundation.org

Glaucoma Research Foundation

200 Pine Street, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: (800) 826-6693

Global Initiative for Asthma

Tim Clark, Chairman of GINA

Phone: (207) 594-5008 Fax: (207) 594-8802 E-mail: shurd@prodigy.net

Website: http://www.ginasthma.com

Goldenhar Parent Support Network

Attn: Kayci Rush

3619 Chicago Ave.

Minneapolis, MN 55407-2603

Phone: (612) 823-3529

Goldenhar Syndrome Research & Information Fund

PO Box 61643

St. Petersburg, FL 3371

Phone: (813) 522-5772

Website: http://www.goldenhar.com

Goldenhar Syndrome Support Network

9325 163 Street Edmonton, ALB T5R 2P4 Canada

Website: http://i.am/bbds.page

Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias

600 North Wolfe Street, Block 1012C Baltimore, MD 21287-4922

Phone: (410) 614-0977

Website: http://www.med.jhu.edu/ Greenberg.Center/Greenbrg.htm

Guardians of Hydrocephalus

Research Foundation

2618 Avenue Z

Brooklyn, NY 11235-2023

Phone: (718) 743-4473 or (800) 458865

Fax: (718) 743-1171

E-mail: guardians1@juno.com

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Haemophelia Society—

von Willebrand Support Services

Chesterfield House, 385 Euston Road London, NW1 3AU

United Kingdom Phone: 0171 380 0600 Fax: 0171 387 8220

E-mail: melissa@haemophiliasoc.demon.co.uk

Website: http://www.haemophilia-soc

.demon.co.uk/vwd%20services1

.html

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Website: http://www.headlines.org.uk

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