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Alphabetical listing of information and support groups for rare diseases and disorders.
Contact a Family: Kabuki Syndrome (UK)
Information on the disorder and address of UK support group.
Kallmann Syndrome
Information about the inherited disorder Kallmann syndrome, including its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Kartagener Syndrome
Article describes Kartagener syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
Article describes Kasabach-Merritt syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kawasaki Disease
Article describes Kawasaki disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kearns Sayre Syndrome
Article describes Kearns Sayre syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kennedy Disease
Article describes Kennedy disease, also known as spinal bulbar muscular atrophy, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kernicterus: Preventable Infant Brain Damage on the Rise
Article looks at the increasing rates of kernicterus (brain damage caused by high bilirubin), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kikuchi Disease
Article describes Kikuchi disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Klinefelter's Syndrome and Breast Cancer
Article examines the XXY male disorder, it symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and why these males are 20 to 50 times more likely to develop breast cancer than the average male.
NINDS: Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Information from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U.S.).
Krabbe Disease
Feature article describes Krabbe disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

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