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Frequently Requested Medical Contacts

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Brain, Tissue, & Blood Banks

• Brain& Tissue Bank - Information on donating your MLD family member's tissues for further MLD research. Sponsored by NICHD at the University of Maryland. They unobtrusively handle all of the logistics - you just preapre some paperwork in advance.
  
  

Clinical Descriptions of MLD

• NIH/GeneReviews - Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, ARSA Deficiency A comprehensive, fairly easy to read , and comprehensive overview written by Dr. Arvhan Fluharty of UCLA in 2006.
  
  
• eMedicine An excellent, easy to read MLD overview covering the clinical, diagnosis, treatment, progression, medication (none) & follow-up care for MLD Family™ members. Written by Doctors Ikeda & Moore from UCLA and Dr. Steiner of Oregon Health & Science University. September 2008
  
  
• NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information from the National Institute of Health, National Library of Medicine. A comprehensive source of information - mostly very technical.
  
  
• Comprehensive & Detailed MLD Summary An Italian source ... ~1995
  
  

  Other non-MLD Clinical Descriptions of Interest

• University of Vermont - DISEASES OF THE MYELIN SHEATH
  
  
  

Medical Centers

• Fairview-University Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program - University of Minnesota
  
  
• Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program - Duke University, North Carolina
  
  
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Therapy - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
  
  
• Google Search - no experience or endorsements implied.
  
  

Medical Definitions & Additional Information

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man - very comprehensive and technical from the National Center for Biotechnology Information
  
  
• MEDLINEplus - National Inst Health, National Library of Medicine
  
  
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
  
  
• Human Gene Mutation database - very technical
  
  
• Pediatrics Journal - search for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
  
  
• National Institute of Health - Office of Rare Disease clinical trial listing - search for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
  
  
• Centerwatch clinical research overview and and clinical trials database - search for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
  
  
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  
  

MLD Diagnostic Labs

• David Wenger's lab at Thomas Jefferson University - The recommended lab for all US MLD tests.
  
  
• MLD Diagnostic Labs - A list of US and International labs testing for MLD including Australia, Germany, India, Switzerland, Canada, Israel, and Austria labs.
  
  

Research

• Bethany's Hope - Canadian Foundation supporting gene therapy based MLD research - sponsoring a lab in London, Ontario, Canada
  
  
• The Myelin Project - focused on accelerating the research on repair of the myelin damaged by the genetic diseases such as the leukodystrophies, and by acquired diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
  
  
• San Raffaele-Telethon Institute of Gene Therapy of Genetic Diseases (Italy) - gene therapy research
  
  
• Myelin Repair Foundation (California) - a unique approch to seeking myelin repair
  
  

Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplantation

• Understanding Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplants - an online overview of these procedures - CancerBACUP, a UK cancer information service
  
  
• The Manosidosis Society - a series of links about Bone Marrow Transplants
  
  
• Journal of a BMT Patient - while this BMT was not for MLD, this will give you an idea of the process of a BMT
  
  
• Cord Blood Center - information about cord blood banking for transplants.
  
  

• Long Term Stabilization After Bone Marrow Transplant in Juvenile MLD

• Improved Peripheral Nerve Conduction, EEG, and Verbal IQ After Bone Marrow Transplantation for Adult MLD

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