Muscle, Bone, and Joint Disorders
Information and articles about rare diseases and disorders affecting the muscles, bones, or joints.
Josh Ryan Evans and Achondroplasia
Article discusses actor Josh Ryan Evans and achondroplasia, including the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disorder.
Article discusses actor Josh Ryan Evans and achondroplasia, including the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disorder.
Acromegaly
If this growth hormone disorder begins in puberty, it causes gigantism (the wrestler Andre the Giant was affected by it). Most often it begins in middle age due to a tumor of the pituitary gland and causes abnormal growth of the hands and face. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
If this growth hormone disorder begins in puberty, it causes gigantism (the wrestler Andre the Giant was affected by it). Most often it begins in middle age due to a tumor of the pituitary gland and causes abnormal growth of the hands and face. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Apert Syndrome
Feature article describes Apert syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Feature article describes Apert syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Arthrogryposis
Article describes arthrogryposis, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Article describes arthrogryposis, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
FIRST: Conradi-Hunermann-Happle Syndrome
Information from the Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types (FIRST), with illustrations.
Information from the Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types (FIRST), with illustrations.
PodiatryNetwork.com: Compartment Syndrome
Good information on compartment syndrome. Site also offers a podiatrist locator.
Good information on compartment syndrome. Site also offers a podiatrist locator.
Crouzon Syndrome
Feature article describes Crouzon syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Feature article describes Crouzon syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
The India Rubber Man: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Article describes Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, its diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Article describes Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, its diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Ellis van Creveld Syndrome
Article describes the syndrome, its diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Article describes the syndrome, its diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
EF and EMS
Feature article looks at eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) and eosinophilic fasciitis (EF), their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Feature article looks at eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) and eosinophilic fasciitis (EF), their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
The Skeleton Key: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
Feature article describes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, its possible treatments, and research. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Feature article describes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, its possible treatments, and research. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Goldenhar Syndrome and Gulf War Veterans
Feature article on the connections between Goldenhar syndrome and Gulf War veterans, from the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Feature article on the connections between Goldenhar syndrome and Gulf War veterans, from the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Article describes growth hormone deficiency, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and how it relates to the individuals who portrayed Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz."
Article describes growth hormone deficiency, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and how it relates to the individuals who portrayed Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz."
Jeune Syndrome
Article describes Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Article describes Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
NINDS: Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Information from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U.S.).
Information from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U.S.).
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
Article describes Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Article describes Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
President Lincoln and Marfan Syndrome
Since the 1960s physicians have debated whether U.S. President Abraham Lincoln had Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. Were his height and long limbs proof of the diagnosis? From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Since the 1960s physicians have debated whether U.S. President Abraham Lincoln had Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. Were his height and long limbs proof of the diagnosis? From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Moebius Syndrome
Article describes Moebius syndrome, its symptoms, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Article describes Moebius syndrome, its symptoms, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Article describes osteogenesis imperfecta, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Article describes osteogenesis imperfecta, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Osteopetrosis
Article describes osteopetrosis, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
Article describes osteopetrosis, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
Poland Syndrome
Article describes Poland syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Article describes Poland syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
The Elephant Man's Bones Reveal Mystery
Article looks at the medical findings in the case of John Merrick, the Elephant Man. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Article looks at the medical findings in the case of John Merrick, the Elephant Man. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.
Primary Periodic Paralyses
Article describes the types of primary periodic paralyses, their symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment.
Article describes the types of primary periodic paralyses, their symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment.
Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome
Article describes Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Article describes Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
MDA USA: Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
Information on spinal bulbar muscular atrophy, also known as Kennedy's disease and X-Linked SBMA, from the Muscular Dystrophy Association USA.
Information on spinal bulbar muscular atrophy, also known as Kennedy's disease and X-Linked SBMA, from the Muscular Dystrophy Association USA.
MDA USA: Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Online brochure from the Muscular Dystrophy Association USA.
Online brochure from the Muscular Dystrophy Association USA.
International Still's Disease Foundation
Site offers mailing list, chat, message board, photos, research news, and resources.
Site offers mailing list, chat, message board, photos, research news, and resources.
Van der Woude Syndrome
Article describes van der Woude syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Article describes van der Woude syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Winchester Syndrome
Article describes Winchester syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Article describes Winchester syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.