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  Sabinas brittle hair syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Symptoms are brittle hair, mild mental retardation and nail dysplasia.
The principal biochemical features of the illness are reduced hair cystine levels, increased copper/zinc ratio, and presence of arginosuccinic acid in the blood and urine.
The syndrome is familial with parental consanguinity and is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sabinas_brittle_hair_syndrome   (118 words)

  
 Brittle Hair -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Brittleness in software can be cause by algorithms that do not work well for the full range of input data.
Another cause of brittleness is the use of data structures that restrict values.
Another common problem is expressed when a user uses a color scheme other than the default, causing text to be rendered in the same color as the background, or a user uses a font other than the default, which won't fit in the allowed space and cuts off instructions and labels.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/24/brittle-hair.html   (1051 words)

  
 brittle hair-mental deficit syndrome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Brittle hair, mild mental deficiency, and nail dysplasia.
Skin appendages: Dry and brittle hair and partial alopecia with trichorrhexis, scalp hypotrichosis, and absent or deficient axillary and pubic hair.
Heredity: The syndrome is familial with parental consnguinity and is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
www.nlm.nih.gov /mesh/jablonski/syndromes/syndrome078.html   (104 words)

  
 Medical Dictionary: Sabinas brittle hair syndrome - WrongDiagnosis.com
Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
This means that Sabinas brittle hair syndrome, or a subtype of Sabinas brittle hair syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy
www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/sabinas_brittle_hair_syndrome.htm   (217 words)

  
 Nail Patella Syndrome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Achard syndrome - Achard syndrome is a syndrome consisting of arachnodactyly, receding lower jaw, and joint laxity limited to the hands and feet.
Sabinas brittle hair syndrome - Sabinas brittle hair syndrome, also called brittle hair-mental deficit syndrome is a hereditary disease.
Rothmund-Thompson's syndrome - Rothmund-Thompson's syndrome is a hereditary and familial disease characterized by short stature, cataracts, pigmentation of skin, baldness, abnormalities of bones, nails and teeth.
www.syntrachem.com /nailpatellasyndrome.html   (724 words)

  
 Hair Care Nail Supply   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Type I hair keratin - Type I hair keratin is one of the two types of hair keratin.
It is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II hair keratins to form hair and nails.
Type II hair keratin - Type II hair keratin is one of the two types of hair keratin.
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 Trichothiodystrophy
This is a rare disorder affecting the hair of patients.
Three distinct autosomal recessive syndromes are associated with nucleotide excision repair (NER) defects: the photosensitive form of TTD, xeroderma pigmentosum, and Cockayne syndrome.
Hair +/— nails + mental retardation + short stature +/— decreased gonadal function +/— lenticular opacities/cataracts + failure to thrive/“progeria” + microcephaly +/— ataxia +/— calcifications of the basal ganglia + erythroderma and scale
www.thedoctorsdoctor.com /diseases/trichothiodystrophy.htm   (528 words)

  
 Medical Dictionary: Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy - ...
Dictionary » Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy
Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
This means that Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy, or a subtype of Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/sabinas_brittle_hair_syndrome_is_a_form_of_nonphotosensitive_trichothiodystrophy.htm   (233 words)

  
 Sabinas brittle hair syndrome - Sabinas brittle hair syndrome
This medical article Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a stub.
A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person.
Sometimes the term is used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, syndromes, symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts these may be considered distinguishable categories.
www.medicalgeo.com /Med-Diseases-R---Se/Sabinas-brittle-hair-syndrome.html   (189 words)

  
 Stickler syndrome at The Medical Dictionary
Stickler syndrome (or David-Stickler syndrome or Stickler-Wagner syndrome) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders affecting collagen.
The syndrome is thought to arise from a mutation of several collagen genes during fetal development.
Mutations in the COL11A1, COL11A2 and COL2A1 genes cause Stickler syndrome.
the-medical-dictionary.com /stickler_syndrome.htm   (814 words)

  
 ORPHANET - About rare diseases - About orphan drugs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Sabinas brittle hair syndrome is a form of nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy characterized by brittle hair, neuroectodermal dysplasia and a low-sulphur content in the hair.
The hair shows a diminished cuticle and an apparently collapsed cortex.
Some authors suggest that Sabinas brittle hair syndrome, Pollitt syndrome, and Amish brittle hair syndrome are the same disorder.
www.orpha.net /consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=3123   (79 words)

  
 Tables
Abnormal deficiency of hair; usually describes hair that is grown and then lost.
Short interphase between anagen and telogen hair phase, characterized by involution of the hair follicle.
A pattern of hair growth characterized by a clockwise spiral or coil.
www.medscape.com /content/2003/00/46/65/466530/466530_tab.html   (179 words)

  
 Birth Disorder Information Directory - S
Saal Bulas Syndrome (Ectrodactyly with Diaphragmatic Hernia and Corpus Callosum Agenesis)
Sabinas Brittle Hair Syndrome (Brittle Hair Mental Deficit)
Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome (Ichthyosis, Spastic Neurologic Disorder, and Oligophrenia; Fatty Alcohol:NAD+ Oxidoreductase (FAO) Deficiency; Fatty Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (FALDH) Deficiency)
www.bdid.com /defects.htm   (436 words)

  
 Types of ED
It is a group of heritable disorders causing the hair, teeth, nails and glands to develop and function abnormally.
An incidental congenital heart defect in a child with Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome, for instance, may steer the doctor away from the correct diagnosis unless proper consideration is given to the possibility that the two conditions coexist by coincidence.
Fourth, the medical literature may be biased and may describe only severely affected individuals or those with unusual findings; as a result, individuals with mild features of a known ED may escape notice or may not be diagnosed promptly.
www.nfed.org /TypesofED.htm   (427 words)

  
 Sabinas brittle hair syndrome
Bean sprouts contaminated with salmonella bacteria are strongly suspected of causing 15 cases of food poisoning in the Kingston area.
She's lost some hair but the little girl who captured so many hearts in the Treasure Valley a couple of years ago is reportedly doing much better.
Sudden Infant Death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of unexpected death in infants ages one week to one year old.
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 diagnosis - hypotrichosis table
The clinical distinction between alopecia and hypotrichosis is that alopecia involves hair growth that is later lost.
Hypotrichosis is a lack of any hair growth.
Hypohidrosis, ephelides and enteropathy, respiratory tract infections) syndrome
www.keratin.com /ab/ab005.shtml   (345 words)

  
 diagnosis - hair defects table
The first table lists disorders where hair defects are a primary symptom.
The second table lists disorders where hair defects can be one of several symptoms.
Disorders with hair defects as a secondary symptom
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 Sabinas brittle hair syndrome - -
Over 8 years, 88 patients (mean age 13.3 years, range 9-18) with primary varicocele underwent AS (91 varicocele ablations in all).
Last October, I wrote an article about a form of dyslexia referred to as Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome.
Because of the feedback from the public concerning the article, Muskogee Area Literacy Council will sponsor a program Saturday to inform the public about SSS.
www.causes-symptoms-n-cures.com /Sab-to-Sem/cat.php   (1271 words)

  
 Brachioskeletogenital Syndrome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Definition of Brachioskeletogenital syndrome in an online ecyclopedia or dictionary.
211390 BRITTLE HAIR AND MENTAL DEFICIT SABINAS BRITTLE HAIR SYNDROME
We hope that this diseases directory has been of use in finding information regarding our illness or disease.
www.medicality.org.uk /diseases/brachioskeletogenital-syndrome.php   (140 words)

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