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Links pertaining to Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
 
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Contents:
Acid-Base Imbalance - Acidosis - Adiposis Dolorosa - Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital - Adrenoleukodystrophy - Albinism - Albinism, Ocular - Alkalosis - Alkaptonuria - alpha-Mannosidosis - Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors - Amyloidosis - Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - Anemia, Pernicious - Ascorbic Acid Deficiency - Ataxia Telangiectasia - Avitaminosis - Beriberi - Biotinidase Deficiency - Bloom Syndrome - Carbohydrate-Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome - Carnitine Disorders (not on MeSH) - Celiac Disease - Cystinosis - Cystinuria - Dehydration - Diabetes Mellitus - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - Diabetes, Gestational - Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Dyslipidemias - Fabry Disease - Fanconi Anemia - Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders (not on MeSH) - Friedreich Ataxia - Fucosidosis - Galactosemias - Gaucher Disease - Gilbert Disease - Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency - Glutaric Acidemia (not on MeSH) - Glycogen Storage Disease - Gout - Hartnup Disease - Hemochromatosis - Hemorrhagic Disease of Newborn - Hemosiderosis - Hepatolenticular Degeneration - Hermanski-Pudlak Syndrome - Histidinemia (not on MeSH) - Homocystinuria - Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary - Hypercalcemia - Hypercholesterolemia - Hyperinsulinism - Hyperkalemia - Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined - Hypervitaminosis A - Hypocalcemia - Hypoglycemia - Hypokalemia - Hyponatremia - Hypophosphatasia - Insulin Resistance - Iodine Deficiency (not on MeSH) - Iron Overload - Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic - Kearns-Sayer Syndrome - Kernicterus - Lactose Intolerance - Leigh Disease - Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome - Leucine Metabolism Disorders (not on MeSH) - Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell - Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic - Lipodystrophy - Lipomatosis - Lysosomal Storage Diseases - Magnesium Deficiency - Maple Syrup Urine Disease - MELAS Syndrome - Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome - Metabolic Diseases - Metabolic Syndrome X - Metabolism, Inborn Errors - Mitochondrial Diseases - Mitochondrial Myopathies - Mucolipidoses - Mucopolysaccharidoses - Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses - Niemann-Pick Diseases - Nutrition Disorders - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases - Obesity - Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome - Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease - Osteomalacia - Paralyses, Familial Periodic - Pellagra - Peroxisomal Disorders - Phenylketonurias - Porphyria, Erythropoietic - Porphyrias - Prader-Willi Syndrome - Progeria - Pseudo-Gaucher Disease (not on MeSH) - Refsum Disease - Renal Osteodystrophy - Reye Syndrome - Rickets - Sandhoff Disease - Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome - Starvation - Tangier Disease - Tay-Sachs Disease - Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency (not on MeSH) - Trimethylaminuria (Fish Odor Syndrome ; not on MeSH) - Tyrosinemias - Urea Cycle Disorders (not on MeSH) - Water-Electrolyte Imbalance - Werner Syndrome - Wernicke Encephalopathy - Whipple Disease - Vitamin A Deficiency - Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - Vitamin B Deficiency - Vitamin D Deficiency - Wolfram Syndrome - Wolman Disease - Xanthomatosis - Xeroderma Pigmentosum - Zellweger Syndrome -


  Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases   
  Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases - Genes and Disease, Chapter 86, NCBI/NLM (US)
  FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition - (US)
  News on Food Safety and Related Issues from EU
  International Union of Nutritional Sciences - (AU)
  The USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference - (US)
  On Malabsorption [Klapproth and Yang] and Malabsorption syndromes [Guandalini and Frye] - eMedicine
  About some Diagnostic Tests Used in Evaluation of Malabsorption - MUSC Health, Digestive Disease Center
  www.FoodSafety.gov
  About Food Irradiation - Idaho State Univ. (US)
  Facts about Food Irradiation from IAEA, 2003 (AT)
  A Dietary Supplements Labels Database - NLM/NIH (US)
  The British Nutrition Foundation
  Int'l Food Information Council , including a page on Food Ingredients and Colors
  Our Food: a database of food and related sciences [KH Wilm]
  About Glutamate and Monosodium Glutamate - IFIC, 1997
  About Umami (the 5th taste?) - Wikipedia
  About Glycation - Wikipedia
  On Antioxidants [S Barrett] - QuackWatch
  A collection of slides on the Mechanism of Action of Antioxidants and about Selenium - ODS/NIH (US)
  More research highlights broad health benefits of Omega-3 fish oils and fatty fish [J Challem]
  Evidence continues to mount for Omega-3s - USDA, 2008
  About Flavonoids - Linus Pauling Inst., 2000
  About Antioxidants - IFIC
  On Old and new concepts of healthy living [S Lindeberg] - (SE)
  About Trans fat - Wikipedia
  On Vegetarian Diets - via MedlinePlus
  The ultimate Polymeal - StudentBMJ, Jul 2005
  The Water FAQ - SoftWater.Com (US)
  The Journal of Nutrition - Am. Soc. for Nutritional Sciences

   Metabolic Diseases   
   The BioSystems Database at NCBI/NLM (US)
   The KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes, including KEGG Disease - (JP)
   A digitized version of Metabolic/Biochemical Pathways , and of Cellular and Molecular Processes from Boehringer-Mannheim, and including links to the ENZYME (nomenclature) database
   Metabolic Disorders [links] - KUMC (US)
   About some Inherited Metabolic Disorders [DP Agamanolis]
   Metabolic Diseases of Muscle - Muscular Dystrophy Assoc (US)
   Climb [inherited metabolic diseases in children]
   Standards Climb [inherited metabolic diseases in children]
   About the BMP (Basic Metabolic Panel, Chem-7) Test - LabtestsOnline

    Acid-Base Imbalance   
    Acid-Base Regulation and Disorders - Merck Manual

     Acidosis   
     Metabolic Acidosis [Hipp and Sinert] - eMedicine
     Lactic Acidosis [Nicks et al.] - eMedicine

      Diabetic Ketoacidosis   
     See another page


     Alkalosis   
     Brief overview of Alkalosis - Adam via MEDLINEplus
     Metabolic Alkalosis [Yaseen and Thomas] - eMedicine
     Infant Metabolic Alkalosis (Bartter-like Syndrome) and Soy-Based Formula - MMWR, Nov 1996


    Amyloidosis   
    Amyloidosis - Merck Manual
    Amyloidosis - Cleveland Clinic
    Treatment of Amyloidosis at the Mayo Clinic
    On Systemic (AL, AA, Abeta2M, ATTR) Amyloidosis, from the Amyloid Treatment and Research Center at Boston Univ. (US)
    Secondary Systemic Amyloid - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    A Case of Primary Amyloidosis [Chotzen et al.] - UC/Davis (US)
    Amyloidosis Research Foundation - (US)
    Head and Neck Manifestations of Amyloidosis [JC Moorhead], 1992 - Baylor College, TX (US)
    A 65 year old woman ... - U of Pittsburgh/School of Medicine
    A 62 year old man ... - Athena Diagnostics

    Brain Diseases, Metabolic   

     Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn   

      Galactosemias   
      Galactosemia: Newborn Screening Program - Illinois Dept of Public Health (US)
      Parents of Galactosaemic Children , Inc. - (US)
      Galactosemia - Merck
      European Galactosaemia Society
      Molecular basis for Duarte and Los Angeles variant Galactosemia [SD Langley et al.] - PubMed/Abstract

      Hartnup Disease   
      Hartnup Disease [Karadaglic and Sekulovic] - eMedicine
      Hartnup Disorder - OMIM, NCBI (US)

      Hepatolenticular Degeneration   
      Wilson's Disease Association, International
      Wilson's Disease information - WeMove
      On the Kayser-Fleischer Ring [green/brown discoloration of the outer membrane of the iris] - Wikipedia
      About Wilson Disease - OMIM, NCBI (US)
      A note about the Genetics of Wilson's Disease - NCBI/NLM (US)

      Homocystinuria   
      Homocystinuria (and comparison with Marfan Syndrome) - Patient UK
      About Homocystinuria [Baloghova and Schwartz] - eMedicine
      Metabolic Diseases and Stroke: Homocystinuria/Homocysteinemia [Mandava and Kent] - eMedicine
      About Homocystinuria - OMIM, NCBI (US)
      Methionine Metabolism Pathway - KEGG (JP)

     Glutaric Acidemia (not on MeSH)
      International Organization of Glutaric Acidemia
      About Glutaric acidemia I - OMIM, NCBI (US)

     Histidinemia (not on MeSH)
      About Histidinemia - OrphaNet

     Urea Cycle Disorders (not on MeSH)
      The US National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation
      Urea Cycle Disorders Consortium , and Urea Cycle Disorders Overview [Summar and Tuchman], 2003 - Yale (US)
      On Hyperammonemia [KS Roth] - eMedicine
      Examples of Urea Cycle Defects [with links to OMIM] and about Nitrogen Metabolism and the Urea Cycle - Indiana Univ. (US)

      Leigh Disease   
      Leigh Disease - NINDS
      About Leigh's Syndrome - OMIM, NCBI (US)
      Leigh Syndrome - United Mitochondrial Dis Foundation

     Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency (not on MeSH)
      The Tetrahydrobiopterin Home Page [N Blau] - (CH)

      Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome   
      About Lesch-Nyhan Disease - NINDS/NIH (US)
      Lesch Nyhan Syndrome - Contact a Family (UK)
      Lesch-Nyhan Disease - GeneTests/U of Washington, Seattle (US)
      Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome [HA Jinnah] - eMedicine
      On When to investigate for Purine and Pyrimidine Disorders [Simmonds et al.; abstract only] - J Inherit Metab Dis 1997 Jun, via PubMed
      The Purine Research Society

      Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System   

       Fucosidosis   
       Fucosidosis, type I - Genzyme Corp.
       About Fucosidosis - OMIM

       Mucolipidoses   
       The Mucolipidosis IV Foundation

       Sphingolipidoses   

        Fabry Disease   
        About Fabry's Disease - NINDS/NIH (US)
        Int'l C. for Fabry Disease - Mt Sinai School of Medicine
        Fabry Support & Information Group
        Fabry disease [Mehta et al.], 2006 - NLMs Bookshelf (US)
        A Case of Fabry's Disease [Torbensen et al]
        Angiokeratoma Corporis Diffusum Fabry - DermIS

        Gangliosidoses   

         Gangliosidoses, GM2   

          Sandhoff Disease   
          About Sandhoff Disease - OMIM
          Sandhoff Disease - US National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
          Sandhoff Disease - Wrong Diagnosis

          Tay-Sachs Disease   
          About Tay-Sachs Disease
          Tay-Sachs Disease - YourGenes-YourHealth
          Mini Fact Sheet about Tay-Sachs Disease - NINDS
          The Nat'l Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association , Inc. - (US)
          Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease: Adverse effects of medications and implications for treatment [Shapiro et al.; abstract only] - Neurology 2006; 67
          About Tay-Sachs Disease - March of Dimes (US)


         Sandhoff Disease   
        See another location


        Gaucher Disease   
        National Gaucher Foundation - (US)
        About the various forms of Gaucher Disease - NLM/NIH (US)
        What is the basis of Gaucher disease? - Gaucher Assoc. (UK)
        Gaucher's Disease Service at Addenbrooke's - (UK)
        Gaucher Disease [a case study companiom to] Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease
        Genetics and Gaucher Disease - Cerezyme Corp.
        Gaucher Disease Information from GeneReviews

         Pseudo-Gaucher Disease (not on MeSH)
          About Pseudo-Gaucher Disease - Gold Bamboo LLC

        Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell   
       See another page

        Niemann-Pick Diseases   
        About Niemann-Pick Disease - NINDS/NIH (US)
        Niemann-Pick Disease - Nat'l Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Assoc., Inc.
        The US Niemann-Pick Disease (A and B) Foundation
        Int'l Center for Types A and B Niemann-Pick Disease - Mt Sinai (US)
        The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation [Niemann-Pick Type C]
        Niemann-Pick Disease, Type A and Type C - OMIM
        About the NPC1 gene [Jul 1997] - Access Excellence (US)

       Carnitine Disorders (not on MeSH)
        Carnitine and coQ10: Miracle Cures or Money Down the Drain? - MDA (US)
        Notes on Carnitine Disorders - Univ of Washington/Neuromuscular
        Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase Deficiency [B Seaman] - The Spiral Notebook (US)
        Carnitine Deficiency [F Scaglia] - eMedicine

        Sulfatidosis   

         Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic   
        See another page


      Maple Syrup Urine Disease   
      MSUD Family Support Group - (US)
      About Maple Syrup Urine Disease [Bodamer and Lee] - eMedicine
      About Maple Syrup Urine Disease - Socialstyrelsen (SE)
      Degradation pathways for Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine - KEGG (JP)

      MELAS Syndrome   
      About MELAS Syndrome - About.com
      MELAS Syndrome synopsis - Neuromuscular Disease C.,WUSTL
      MELAS : Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes - Wikipedia
      Article on the MELAS Syndrome - GeneReviews

      Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome   
      About Menkes Disease - NINDS/NIH (US)
      About the Genetics of Menkes Syndrome - NCBI/NLM (US)
      Genetic aspects of Menkes Syndrome - OMIM (US)
      Menkes Disease [CH Chang] - eMedicine
      About the Parent's Sourcebook on Menkes Disease , 2002

      Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome   
     See another page

      Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease   
      About Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency [KS Roth] - eMedicine

      Peroxisomal Disorders   
      On The Peroxisomal Disorders [J and M Stephens]

       Adrenoleukodystrophy   
      See another page

       Refsum Disease   
      See another page

       Zellweger Syndrome   
       Zellweger Syndrome - OMIM/NLM (US)
       The Zellweger Syndrome Spectrum - GeneReviews, NCBI (US)
       About Infantile Refsum Disease [J and M Stephens]


      Phenylketonurias   
      The NSPKU Home Page - (UK)
      CM Trahms Program for Phenylketonuria. Seattle - (US)
      About Phenylketonuria - March of Dimes (US)
      On the Genetics of PKU , and some more info - GeneReviews, NLM/NCBI
      About Aspartame, and PKU - Food Standards Agency, 2001 (UK)
      The PAHDB WWW Server , and Montreal Children's Hosp.'s PKU Resource Booklet for Families - McGill University, Montreal (CA)
      PKU related links at the Children's PKU Network
      About Phenylketonuria; PKU1 - OMIM, NCBI (US)
      The UK National Society for Phenylketonuria
      Phenylalanine Metabolism - KEGG (JP)

      Tyrosinemias   
      About Tyrosinemia [KS Roth] - eMedicine
      The Tyrosinemia Pal booklet - Univ of Washington (US)
      Tyrosinemia - PerkinElmer, Inc.
      Tyrosinemia, Type I , Type II and Type III - OMIM, NCBI (US)

     Leucine Metabolism Disorders (not on MeSH)
      About Leucine - Luventicus Acad Sci


     Kernicterus   
    See another page

     Reye Syndrome   
     The US Nat'l Reye's Syndrome Foundation , Inc., including When to suspect Reye Syndrome , and a note about Reye Syndrome, Young Children and Aspirin
     Reye Syndrome - KidsHealth (US)
     About Reye Syndrome - Wikipedia
     Reye Syndrome in Children [DL Weiner] - eMedicine
     A Review of Aspirin / Reye's syndrome warning statement , Apr 2004 - TGA (AU)
     Reye's syndrome and aspirin: lest we forget [McGovern et al.] - BMJ, Mar 2002
     Whatever happened to Reye's syndrome? Did it ever really exist? [JP Orlowski; 1999] - via PubMed

     Wernicke Encephalopathy   
     Wernicke's Encephalopathy [P Salen] - emedicine
     What is Korsakoff's syndrome? - Alzheimer Society (US)
     Wernicke's Encephalopathy [C Adamson]
     Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome - Family Care Alliance (US)
     About Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome - Med Sci 532/Univ of Idaho (US)
     About Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome [A DeAngelo et al.] - eMedicine
     About Wernicke's area - Wikipedia, and some images


    Calcium Metabolism Disorders   

     Hypercalcemia   
     Hypercalcemia [RR Hemphill] - eMedicine
     About Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia - Athena Diagnostics Lab.
     Hypercalcemia and Cancer - NCI (US)
     A Case of Bizarre Psychotic Behavior (Hypercalcemia and Hyperparathyroidism) - Tulane University (US)
     Calciuminfo.Com

     Hypocalcemia   
     Hypocalcemia [CB Beach] - eMedicine
     Signs of Hypocalcemia: Chvostek's and Trousseau's Signs [FL Urbano] - Review of Clinical Signs
     Hypocalcemia - Disease Management Project, The Cleveland Clinic (US)
     About Hypoparathyroidism - Wikipedia
     Notes on Care of Children With a Hypocalcemic Crisis - Medical College of Georgia (US)

     Osteomalacia   
     On Osteomalacia [S Ott] - Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology/Univ of Washington
     A 38 year old woman with hip pain - Univ. of Washington/Radiol
     Synopsis of Osteomalacia - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
     See also under Rickets [links]

     Rickets   
     Addressing the health benefits and risks, involving vitamin D or skin cancer, of increased sun exposure [Moan et al.; abstract only] - PNAS, Jan 2008
     About Rickets - MedlinePlus/ADAM
     Prevention of Rickets: New Guidelines for Vitamin D Intake - AAP
     About Rickets - MedIndia.net
     A Child with Rickets - Washington U. (US)
     Rickets Photos - Thacher's Web Site
     Brief note about Vitamin D-resistant Rickets - CHORUS (US)
     A 5-year old male ... (rickets) - UHRad
     About the 25-Hydroxy vitamin D test - MedlinePlus

      Renal Osteodystrophy   
     See another page


    DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders   

     Ataxia Telangiectasia   
    See another page

     Bloom Syndrome   
    See another page

     Fanconi Anemia   
    See another page

     Severe Combined Immunodeficiency   
    See another page

     Werner Syndrome   
    See another page

     Xeroderma Pigmentosum   
    See another page


    Glucose Metabolism Disorders   

     Diabetes Mellitus   
    See another page

      Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1   
     See another page

       Wolfram Syndrome   
      See another page


      Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2   
     See another page

      Diabetes, Gestational   
     See another page

      Diabetic Ketoacidosis   
     See another page


     Hyperinsulinism   
     About Glycemic index
     Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods - Harvard Health Publications
     Hyperinsulinemia [K K-C Chan] - eMedicine
     sur1.org , the website for families of children with hyperinsulinism
     Cognitive Function In Glucose Intolerance In The Elderly: The Role Of Hyperinsulinemia [M Vanhanen; dissertation], 1998 - Univ of Kuopio (FI)
     Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center - Children's Hospital, Philadelphia (US)

      Insulin Resistance   
      About Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes - NIDDK/NIH (US)
      Position statement on Insulin Resistance Syndrome by AACE, 2003
      Insulin Resistance Syndrome [G Rao] - AAFP
      The Insulin Resistance Syndrome [JB Marks] - Woundcare.Org

       Metabolic Syndrome X   
       About the Metabolic Syndrome - Nutrition, Australia
       Metabolic Syndrome - MayoClinic.com
       About the Metabolic Syndrome - Virtual Endocrine Centre (AU)
       Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors [Walsh et al.] - US Pharmacist, Feb 2009
       About the Metabolic Syndrome - American Heart Association
       On the Obesity Epidemic, and the Metabolic syndrome [J Hickey], 2008 - Just the Berries (CA)
       About Metabolic syndrome and Hypertension [position stmt] - European Soc of Hypertension, 2008
       A Truly Deadly Quartet: Obesity, Hypertension, Hypertriglyceridemia and Hyperinsulinemia - Cleveland Clinic J Med, Dec 2002


     Hypoglycemia   
     About Hypoglycemia - NIDDK (US)
     The Hypoglycemia Support Foundation
     Emergency Management (chart) of Hypoglycemia - Medical College of Georgia/Pediatrics (US)
     About Hypoglycemia [Smeeks and Wolf] and Pediatric Hypoglycemia [Cranmer and Shannon] - eMedicine
     About Hypoglycemia - MedicineNet
     Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) [B Chapin] and a few case stories [D McCullough] - Reactive Hypoglycemia Page


    Iron Metabolism Disorders   

     Anemia, Iron-Deficiency   
     About Iron Deficiency in Children
     Two Cases of Iron Deficiency Anemia - Three Rivers Endocscopy C. (US)
     On Iron Deficiency - Bandolier, Jul 1997 (UK)
     The Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service, IDPAS - MicroNutrient (CA)
     On Iron supplementation of children in regions with malaria and infectious diseases - WHO
     See also under Anemia

     Iron Overload   
     The Iron Disorders Institute
     On Iron Metabolism and Deficiency [Dr Small]
     Diseases of Iron Metabolism [EC Klatt]
     Iron Overload - Merck Manual
     The Iron Overload Diseases Association
     The Iron Toxicity Newsletter - Novartis Pharma AG
     African Iron Overload (African Siderosis) - Iron Disorders Institute

      Hemochromatosis   
      About Hemochromatosis - Nutrition, Australia
      Hemochromatosis: Differential Diagnoses and Workup - eMedicine/Medscape
      Iron Overload and Hemochromatosis - CDC (US)
      Hemochromatosis [Sfeir and Klachko] - eMedicine
      Assessment of Hemochromatosis - HAPS, NSW (AU)
      About Hemochromatosis and Heredity - NHGRI/NIH and Hemochromatosis topics for Health Care Professionals from CDC (US)
      About Hemochromatosis , and Juvenile Hemochromatosis , from the Iron Disorders Institute - S Carolina (US)
      About Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Genomics.energy.gov (US)
      On Hereditary Hemochromatosis - Public Health Genetics (UK)
      Hereditary Hemochromatosis [RB Hash] - ABFP Journal, Jul/Aug 2001
      The American Hemochromatosis Society
      The Canadian Hemochromatosis Society
      They'd rather not know by B Spice - Post-Gazette, Jun 2000
      A Liver, pancreas, lymph nodes ... (pathol., hemochromatosis) - WebPath, Utah /US)

      Hemosiderosis   
      Hemosiderosis - DiscoveryHealth
      About Hemosiderosis [Napchan and Talmaciu] - eMedicine
      Exjade® (deferasirox, ICL670) in the treatment of chronic iron overload associated with blood transfusion [MD Cappellini] - Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2007
      A Case definition of Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Infants - CDC (US)


    Lipid Metabolism Disorders   

     Dyslipidemias   
     Hyperlipidemia - Am Heart Assoc.
     Dyslipidemia (hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia) - Merck
     On the classification of Hyperlipidemias - Wikipedia
     Recommendations for the management and treatment of dyslipidemia - CMAJ, May 2000 (CA)
     Dyslipidemia overview [18 minute video] - CardioConnection/US Air Force
     Dyslipidemias [E Rose-Ledesma] - Rose's Peripheral Brain
     Dyslipidemia and the Prevention of Atherogenesis - AACE

       Hypercholesterolemia   
       Familial Hypercholesterolemia - MedlinePlus, NLM
       High cholesterol level (Hypercholesterolaemia) - NetDoctor UK
       About Hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia
       Hypercholesterolemia (LDLR, APOB) - Athena Diagnostics Lab.
       Hypercholesterolemia, Familial [E Citkowitz] and Hypercholesterolemia, Polygenic [WL Isley] - eMedicine

       Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined   
       Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia - MedlinePlus, NLM
       About Combined hyperlipidemia - Wikipedia
       Hypertriglyceridemia [E Citkowitz] - eMedicine
       Genetics of Familial combined hyperlipidemia [Naukkarinen et al.; abstract only] - Curr Opin Lipidol, 2006
       Genetic aspects of Familial combined hyperlipidemia - OMIM


      Hypolipoproteinemias   

       Hypoalphalipoproteinemias   

        Tangier Disease   
        Tangier Disease genetics - Genes and Disease, NCBI/NLM (US)
        Tangier Disease [J Newman]


      Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome   
     See another page


     Lipodystrophy   
    See another page

     Lipidoses   

      Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease   

       Wolman Disease   
       Wolman Disease - OMIM


      Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses   
     See another page

      Sphingolipidoses   

       Fabry Disease   
      See another location

       Gangliosidoses   

        Gangliosidoses, GM2   

         Sandhoff Disease   
        See another location

         Tay-Sachs Disease   
        See another location


       Gaucher Disease   
      See another location

       Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell   
      See another page

       Niemann-Pick Diseases   
      See another location

       Sulfatidosis   

        Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic   
       See another page


     Lipomatosis   
    See another page

      Adiposis Dolorosa   
     See another page


     Xanthomatosis   
     About Xanthomas [KP Fair] - eMedicine
     About Xanthomatosis cerebrotendinous - orphanet
     On various forms of Xanthoma, eruptive - Dermis (DE)


    Malabsorption Syndromes   

     Celiac Disease   
    See another page

     Lactose Intolerance   
    See another page

     Whipple Disease   
    See another page


    Metabolic Syndrome X   
   See another location

    Metabolism, Inborn Errors   
    Inborn Errors of Metabolism - Wikipedia
    The British Inherited Metabolic Diseases Group and the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism - (UK)
    Inborn Errors in Metabolism - OMIM, via Indiana State Univ./Biochemistry (US)
    Inborn Errors of Metabolism [DL Weiner] - eMedicine
    Mormon Sect's Polygamy Causes Most of the World's Fumarase Deficiency Cases - Digital Journal, Jun 2007
    Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Infancy: A Guide to Diagnosis [BK Burton] - Pediatrics, Dec 1999

     Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors   
     Basic data on the Amino Acids - Freie Univ Berlin/Chemie (DE)
     A table of Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism - Basic Neurochemistry 1999, eds. Siegel et al., via NLM/NCBI (US)
     Amino Acid Metabolism - Merck
     Reference levels for Urine Amino Acids (HPLC) - ARUP Labs
     Organic Acidemia Association
     About Leucine - Luventicus Acad Sci
     On 3-alpha-methylcrotonylglycinuria - MedLink
     Isovaleric Acidemia - Organic Acidemia Assoc.
     Methyl-malonic acidemia [Mandava and Kent] - eMedicine
     Briefly about the Ninhydrin Test
     Test for Aminoaciduria - Adam, via MedlinePlus

      Albinism   
     See another page

       Albinism, Ocular   
      See another page

       Albinism, Oculocutaneous   

        Hermanski-Pudlak Syndrome   
       See another page


      Alkaptonuria   
      About Alkaptonuria - GHR/NLM (US)
      Alkaptonuria [KS Roth] - eMedicine
      On the Genetics of Alkaptonuria [J Wolfe] - Univ College London (UK)

      Homocystinuria   
     See another location

      Maple Syrup Urine Disease   
     See another location

      Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency   

       Biotinidase Deficiency   
       Biotinidase deficiency
       Biotinidase Deficiency: Newborn Screening Program - Illinois Dept of Public Health (US)
       About Biotinidase Deficiency [MP Difazio] - eMedicine


      Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease   
     See another location

      Phenylketonurias   
     See another location

      Tyrosinemias   
     See another location


     Amino Acid Transport Disorders, Inborn   

      Hartnup Disease   
     See another location

      Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome   
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     Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn   

      Galactosemias   
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      Hartnup Disease   
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      Hepatolenticular Degeneration   
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      Homocystinuria   
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      Leigh Disease   
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      Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome   
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      Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System   

       Fucosidosis   
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       Mucolipidoses   
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       Sphingolipidoses   

        Fabry Disease   
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        Gangliosidoses   

         Gangliosidoses, GM2   

          Sandhoff Disease   
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          Tay-Sachs Disease   
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         Sandhoff Disease   
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        Gaucher Disease   
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        Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell   
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        Niemann-Pick Diseases   
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        Sulfatidosis   

         Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic   
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      Maple Syrup Urine Disease   
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      MELAS Syndrome   
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      Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome   
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      Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome   
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      Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease   
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      Peroxisomal Disorders   
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       Adrenoleukodystrophy   
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       Refsum Disease   
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       Zellweger Syndrome   
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      Phenylketonurias   
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      Tyrosinemias   
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     Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors   

      Carbohydrate-Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome   
      The CDGS Family Network, Inc.
      Glycand in Genetic Disorders and Disease [a chapter in Essentials of Glycobiology by Varki et al.] - via NLM/NIH
      GlycoKids: Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation [in German] - (DE)

      Fucosidosis   
     See another location

      Galactosemias   
     See another location

      Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency   
      About G6PD Deficiency - MedicineNet
      A Family factsheet on G6PD Deficiency - UCL Inst of Child Health (UK)
      About Favism and G6PD Deficiency - (IT)
      Clinical notes about G6PD Deficiency - FPnotebook.com

      Glycogen Storage Disease   
      Glycogen and Glucose Metabolic Disorders - WUSTL/Neuromuscular (US)
      The US Association for Glycogen Storage Disease
      The Children's Fund for Glycogen Storage Disease Research - (US)
      A Case of McArdles Disease (Glycogen Storage Disease, Type V) [Lacomis & Giuliani] - U of Pittsburgh (US)
      On Pompe Disease - RareDiseases.org
      About Acid Maltase Deficiency - MDA (US)
      On Metabolic Myopathies [B Katirji] - eMedicine
      Pompe's Disease Page (Glycogen Storage Disease Type II) - (UK)

      Lactose Intolerance   
     See another page

      Mannosidase Deficiency Diseases   

       alpha-Mannosidosis   
       About Alpha Mannosidosis: 19cen-q12 from ISMRD: International Advocate for Glycoprotein Storage Diseases
       Mannosidosis - Genzyme Corp.
       Mannosidosis, Beta A, Lysosomal - OMIM
       Climb [metabolic diseases in children] and SSIEM: Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism - (UK)


      Mucolipidoses   
     See another location

      Mucopolysaccharidoses   
      The MPS Society , and about MPS and ML Disorders - (US)
      The Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases - (UK)
      The Canadian Society for Mucopolysaccharidosis & Related Diseases Inc.
      Gesellschaft für Mukopolysaccharidosen [in German] - (DE)
      About the Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS III) - MPS Society (US)
      About Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) I / Hurler-Scheie Syndrome , Mucopolysaccharidosis II / Hunter syndrome , Mucopolysaccharidosis III (A, B, C, D) / Sanfilippo syndrome , and Mucopolysaccharidosis IV (A, B) / Morquio-Basilford syndrome [S Jablonski], (note: info may be outdated) MCA/MR - NLM/NIH (US)
      A Cure for Kirby (Sanfilippo Syndrome)
      About Morquio's Syndrome - Wheeless Online
      MPS IV: Morquio Syndrome - US Nat'l MPS Society

      Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency   

       Biotinidase Deficiency   
      See another location


      Pyruvate Metabolism, Inborn Errors   

       Leigh Disease   
      See another location


     Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary   
     Dubin-Johnson Syndrome - MedlinePlus/ADAM
     About Dubin-Johnson Syndrome [Carter and Gross] - eMedicine
     Rotor's syndrome. A distinct inheritable pathophysiologic entity. [Wolkoff et al., 1976; abstract] - via PubMed

      Gilbert Disease   
      About Gilbert's Syndrome - Wikipedia
      Gilbert syndrome - Mayo Clinic
      Gilbert Syndrome [S Mukherjee] - eMedicine
      A note about Gilbert Disease by Dr G Mirkin

      Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic   
      About Dubin-Johnson Syndrome [Carter and Gross] - eMedicine
      Dubin-Johnson Syndrome - OMIM


     Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors   

      Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined   
     See another location

      Hypolipoproteinemias   

       Hypoalphalipoproteinemias   

        Tangier Disease   
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       Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease   

        Wolman Disease   
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       Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses   
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       Sphingolipidoses   

        Fabry Disease   
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        Gangliosidoses   

         Gangliosidoses, GM2   

          Sandhoff Disease   
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          Tay-Sachs Disease   
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        Gaucher Disease   
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        Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell   
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        Niemann-Pick Diseases   
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        Sulfatidosis   

         Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic   
        See another page


      Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome   
     See another page


     Lysosomal Storage Diseases   
     Lysosomal Diseases - Australia, including a Newsletter [.pdf]
     About Lysosomal Storage Disease [Scheinfeld and Kark] - eMedicine
     Lysosomal Disease Network - (US)
     Lysosomal Storage Diseases - Lysosomal Diseases New Zealand
     About Lysosomal Storage Disorders - Genzyme Corp.
     Lysosomal Storage Disorders (Lipidoses) - Merck Manual

       Wolman Disease   
      See another location


      Cystinosis   
      Cystinosis Central , and about Symptoms and Treatment - UC/San Diego (US)
      The Cystinosis Foundation - UCSD/Pediatr Dept (US)
      About Cystinosis, Nephropathic - OMIM, NCBI (US)

      Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System   

       Fucosidosis   
      See another location

       Mucolipidoses   
      See another location

       Sphingolipidoses   

        Fabry Disease   
       See another location

        Gangliosidoses   

         Gangliosidoses, GM2   

          Sandhoff Disease   
         See another location

          Tay-Sachs Disease   
         See another location


        Gaucher Disease   
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        Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell   
       See another page

        Niemann-Pick Diseases   
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        Sulfatidosis   

         Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic   
        See another page


      Mannosidase Deficiency Diseases   

       alpha-Mannosidosis   
      See another location


      Mucopolysaccharidoses   
     See another location


     Metal Metabolism, Inborn Errors   

      Hemochromatosis   
     See another location

      Hepatolenticular Degeneration   
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      Hypophosphatasia   
      Canadian Hypophosphatasia Society

      Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome   
     See another location

      Paralyses, Familial Periodic   
     See another page


     Peroxisomal Disorders   
    See another location

      Adrenoleukodystrophy   
     See another page

      Refsum Disease   
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      Zellweger Syndrome   
     See another location


     Porphyrias   
     Acute Porphyria - A Patient's Guide [MR Moore] - (AU)
     Diagnosis and Management of porphyria [Thadani et al.] - BMJ, June '00
     The Girl Who Mewed (acute intermittent porphyria) [R Marion] - Discover, 1995
     The European Porphyria Initiative
     About Porphyria - Am. Porphyria Foundation (US)
     Porphyria - Genetics Home Ref., NLM (US)
     About the Porphyrias [E Friedlander]
     Porphyria: the unknown disease [D Deats-O'Reilly]
     A Guide to Porphyria from the Canadian Porphyria Foundation, Inc.
     Acute Intermittent Porphyria - GeneReviews
     About Porphyrins and Related Topics - PORPHYNET

      Porphyria, Erythropoietic   
      About Erythropoietic Porphyria [Hebel and Poh-Fitzpatrick] - eMedicine
      Erythropoietic protoporphyria - Wikipedia
      Images of patients suffering from Porphyria, Congenital Erythropoietic - Geneva Foundation Med Educ Res (CH)
      Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria in Two Siblings [Jacobo et al.] - DOJ, 11/3


     Progeria   
     The Progeria Research Foundation, Inc.
     Discussion & dissemination of information re Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome/Progeria
     Progeria - genetics - OMIM

     Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors   

      Gout   
     See another page

      Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome   
     See another location


     Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors   

      Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome   
     See another page

      Renal Aminoacidurias   

       Cystinuria   
       The Cystinuria database at McGill Univ. (CA)

      Trimethylaminuria (Fish Odor Syndrome ; not on MeSH)
       Trimethylaminuria: The Fish Malodor Syndrome [Mitchell and Smith] - Drug Metab Dispos, Apr 2001
       Trimethylaminuria - OMIM


     Steroid Metabolism, Inborn Errors   

      Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital   
     See another page

      Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome   
     See another page


    Mitochondrial Diseases   
    About the Mitochondria [GV Childs] - Univ of Arkansas Med Schoool
    Some links to Specific Mitochondrial Diseases and Recommended Reading material at the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation - San Diego (US)
    Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disorders: A Primary Care Physician's Guide , and The spectrum of Mitochondrial Disease [RK Naviaux]
    The Children's Mitochondrial Diseases Network - (UK)
    Mitochondrial Syndromes - Washington U., St Louis (US)
    The Mitochondria Research Society
    MITOMAP [human mitochondrial genome database] - Emory Univ. (US)
    On Mitochondrial Inheritance , 1994 - Genetic Drift (US)
    On Mitochondrial Mutation and Autism - A Photon in the Darkness, Aug 2008
    Mitochondrial Nutrition, Aging and Cognition [Dean and Fowkes] - Smart Drug News, 1996
    Glycolysis [MW King] - Medical Biochemistry/Indiana State Univ.
    About Adenosine Triphosphate - Univ of Bristol (UK)
    The Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) molecule [JW Kimball]

     Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders (not on MeSH)
      Fatty Acid Metabolism - Univ of Utah (US)
      About Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency - GeneTests
      About Medium-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) [Wang et al.] - CDC (US)
      MCAD: Newborn Screening Program - Illinois Dept of Public Health (US)
      The Fatty Oxidation Disorder Communication Network [the Gould family] including an in the News section

     Friedreich Ataxia   
    See another page

     Leigh Disease   
    See another location

     Mitochondrial Myopathies   
    See another page

       MELAS Syndrome   
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      Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External   

       Kearns-Sayer Syndrome   
      See another page


    Porphyrias   
   See another location

     Porphyria, Erythropoietic   
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    Skin Diseases, Metabolic   

     Lipodystrophy   
    See another page

     Porphyrias   
    See another location

      Porphyria, Erythropoietic   
     See another location


    Water-Electrolyte Imbalance   
    About Electrolyte Imbalance - nephrology channel
    Fluid Physiology [K Brandis]
    Water intoxication - Wikipedia
    On The Body's Water - PhsyioWeb
    Disorders of Potassium Concentration , and Water and Sodium Metabolism - Merck Manual

     Dehydration   
     Dehydration - Survive Outdoors
     Water requirements in adults - Water UK
     About Heat Stress [S. Pribut] - (US)
     Dehydration - Wikipedia

     Hypercalcemia   
    See another location

     Hyperkalemia   
     About Hyperkalemia - Adam, via MedlinePlus
     Hyperkalemia [D Garth] - eMedicine

     Hypocalcemia   
    See another location

     Hypokalemia   
     Hypokalemia - Penn State Univ. (US)
     About Hypokalemia [D Garth] and some more about Hypokalemia [Lederer et al.] - eMedicine

     Hyponatremia   
     Can I drink too much water? - HHP, Florida (US)
     About Water Intoxication in Infants - Children's Hosp., Akron
     Hyponatremia [S Craig] - e-Medicine
     On Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (Schwarts-Bartter syndrome) [Rafailov and Sinert] - eMedicine
     Managing drug-induced hyponatremia in adults - AustralianPrescriber, 2003


   Nutrition Disorders   
   Nutritional Disorders [E Friedlander]
   Toxic-Metabolic-Nutritional Disorders of the Nervous System [Lovell & Jones] - Kobiljak C./Michigan State Univ. (US)
   Dietary reference intakes of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin and Choline - NAS/IOM 1999
   Daily doses of multivitamin tablets [DA Bender] - StudentBMJ, Sep 2002
   Why Milk Matters - NICHD/NIH (US)
   Sodium Intake and High Blood Pressure - statement from NIH, Aug 1998
   On Water and Sodium Balance - Merck Manual
   Consensus Action on Salt and Health - (UK)
   The Human Nutrition Research Center at USDA/ARS Grand Forks
   The Micronutrient Information Center at Linus Pauling Institute
   Mineral Deficiency and Toxicity - Merck Manual 17th Ed.
   Reference Guide for Minerals - Austin Nutritional Research (US)
   On some Minerals - Northwestern Univ. (US)

    Hypervitaminosis A   
    Vitamin Toxicity [M Rosenbloom] - e-medicine
    Vitamin A and Carotenoids - NIH/Office of Dietary Suppl. (US)
    Vitamin A and floaters? - Ohio LIONS Eye Research Foundation (US)
    On Vitamin A and Pregnancy - Teratology Society 1987

    Infant Nutrition Disorders   

     Hemorrhagic Disease of Newborn   
    See another page


    Malnutrition   

     Deficiency Diseases   

      Avitaminosis   
      Introduction to Vitamins [MW King] - (US),
      Reference Guide for Vitamins - Austin Nutritional Center (US)
      Vitaminsidan [fr. Apoteksbolagets info., I. Jonsson] (in Swedish!) - (SE)
      Controversies Concerning Extra Vitamin K to Newborns - AAP
      An Introduction to Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone) [PH Langsjoen] - Univ of Washington, Seattle (US)
      About Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone), and Cancer - NCI (US)

       Ascorbic Acid Deficiency   
       Scurvy [R Brackenbury]
       Scurvy [LC Aun]
       About Linus Pauling and Vitamin C [M. Wooldridge, 1993]

       Vitamin A Deficiency   
       Vitamin A Deficiency - WHO (CH)
       The Vitamin A Deficiency, a global perspective - Micronutrient (CA)
       A case of Vitamin A Deficiency [Malone and Flynn] - Univ of Pittsburgh (US)

       Vitamin B Deficiency   
       About Beriberi (Thiamine/Vitamin B1 Deficiency) [Nguyen-Khoa and Cope] and Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Deficiency [Allee and Baker] - eMedicine
       Vitamin B12 Deficiency [Oh and Brown] - AAFP, 2003
       About Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Wikipedia
       The Rise and Fall of Laetrile (Vitamin B17) [B Wilson] - QuackWatch
       Laetrile/Amygdalin: Questions and Answers - NCI (US)
       See also separate entries for Beriberi [links] Pellagra [links] and Vitamin B12 Deficiency [links]

        Pellagra   
        Pellagra - Adam, via MedlinePlus
        About Niacin (vitamin B3) - NAS/IOM
        Pellagra [K Rajakumar] - eMedicine
        Pellagra - DermNetNZ
        On Niacin (Vitamin B3) - NorthWestern Univ.

        Thiamine Deficiency   

         Beriberi   
         About Thiamine - NAS/IOM
         On Thiamine Deficiency and Neuropathology - Kobiljak C. (US)
         About Vitamin B1 (thiamine, aneurin) - Wikipedia
         Thiamine deficiency: A directed case study [P Dhar]

         Wernicke Encephalopathy   
        See another location


        Vitamin B 12 Deficiency   
        A Note about Anemia of Vitamin B12 Deficiency - MedlinePlus/ADAM
        Vitamin B12 Fact Sheet - ODS (US)
        Vitamin B12 - The Vegetarian Society (UK)
        B12 Deficiency May Be More Widespread Than Thought - ARS News, Aug 2000
        Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency - Lab Tests Online
        Vitamin B12 Deficiency - AAFP, 2003 (US)
        About Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and the structure of Vitamin B12
        Complete Resolution of Myelopathy In A Patient With Vitamin B12 Deficiency. A Case Report. [Ertan et al.] - The Internet J of Neurology, 2/1
        About the MMA (methylmalonic acid) test - Norman Clin Lab, Inc.

         Anemia, Pernicious   
        See another page


       Vitamin D Deficiency   
       Addressing the health benefits and risks, involving vitamin D or skin cancer, of increased sun exposure [Moan et al.; abstract only] - PNAS, Jan 2008
       Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D - NIH (US)
       Vitamin D Supplementation and Total Mortality [Autier and Gandini] - Arch Int Med, Sep 2007
       Understanding Vitamin D Cholecalsiferol - Vitamin D Council (US)
       Fall prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D [Bischoff-Ferrari et al.] - BMJ/Research, Oct 2009
       On Vitamin D and Cancer - CancerNetwork.com, Mar 2009
       Update on Vitamin D , 2007 - Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (UK)
       About the 25-Hydroxy vitamin D test - MedlinePlus

        Osteomalacia   
       See another location

        Rickets   
       See another location

         Renal Osteodystrophy   
        See another page


       Vitamin K Deficiency   

        Hemorrhagic Disease of Newborn   
       See another page


      Magnesium Deficiency   
      On Magnesium and Health - ODS/NIH (US)
      Magnesium Deficiency, Heart Attack & Drinking Water [P Mason] - The Magnesium Website (US)


     Starvation   
     Undernutrition - Merck Manual
     About Kwashiorkor - Wikipedia
     Hunger: Myths and Realities - Rehydration Project
     The Hunger Site - Charity USA
     About Plumpy'nut - Wikipedia
     Improving Nutrition Through Nuclear Science - IAEA (AT)
     Why Are People Hungry? - Hunger Notes
     The State of the World's Children 2008 - UNICEF
     Human Nutrition issues - FAO

    Iodine Deficiency (not on MeSH)
     Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) - WHO
     Iodine Deficiency - American Thyroid Association
     The Iodine Deficiency Disorders , including some Specific Iodine Deficiency Disorders (Endemic Goiter, Endemic Cretinism) - Thyroid Manager
     On Iodine Deficiency Disorder - Int'l Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder


    Overnutrition   

     Obesity   
     What is Obesity? - Am. Obesity Association
     Some Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults , including Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity: an Electronic Textbook - NHLBI/NIH (US)
     Body Mass Index Calculator, BMI - CDC (US)
     Body Mass Index Calculator, BMI - NHLBI (US)
     About Adipose tissue - Wikipedia, and some histological images - Univ of Delaware (US)
     Weight-control Information Network - NIDDK/NIH (US)
     Xenical (Orlistat) information - Obesity Meds and Research News
     Xenical (Orlistat) , for US audience - Roche USA, Inc.
     Obesity: diagnosis,prevention, and treatment; evidence based answers to common questions [Reilly et al.] - ADC 2002;86:392-94
     Evaluation and Treatment of Childhood Obesity [R Moran] - Am Family Phys, Feb 1999
     About the TOGA (incision-free) procedure - Ideas for Surgery, 2008
     Bariatric surgery related information - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med C.
     About Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery - Int'l Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery Team
     Obesity Surgery: The Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Procedure - Univ of Wisconsin (US)
     .. see also under Eating Disorders

      Prader-Willi Syndrome   
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