Re: genetic spinal deterioration

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Gayle Schlissel Riley wrote on 07 nov 2007 in soc.genealogy.jewish:

I know this is a little off line But I have been told I have a
familiar / Genetic deterioration of my spine. I was wondering if this
runs in any Jewish lines like Stan's Beta thalassemia disease Response
privately unless useful to others.

Dear Gayle,

Perhaps you are talking about
"Familial Dysautonomia (Riley-Day syndrome)".

[please ask your doctor if this is true before reaching to conclusions,
and even then keep close contact with him or her in your quest!]

Read: Orthopaedic manifestations of familial dysautonomia.
stating: "Spinal deformity was the most common orthopaedic problem"

<http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/11/1563>
or on pubmed: <http://tinyurl.com/ysozwz>

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A general list of the most common genetic disorders with increased
incidence among Jewish families,
[I think important two this NG's readers in general]
with discriptions and links:

"Asjkenazi genetic disorders":

Bloom Syndrome
Canavan Disease
Cystic Fibrosis
Factor XI Deficiency
Familial Dysautonomia (Riley-Day syndrome)
Fanconi Anemia
Gaucher Disease
Mucolipidosis IV
Niemann-Pick Disease
Non-Classical Adrenal Hyperplasia
Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
Tay-Sachs Disease
Torsion Dystonia

<http://www.jewishgeneticscenter.org/what/ashkenazi/>

"Sephardic genetic disorders":

Beta-Thalassemia
Familial Mediterranean Fever
G6PD Deficiency
Glycogen Storage Disorder, Type III

<http://www.jewishgeneticscenter.org/what/sephardi/>

Disease Predisposition Genes:

Breast Cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2)
Familial Colon Cancer

<http://www.jewishgeneticscenter.org/cancer/>

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