Conditions

The symptoms of FSH dystrophy may appear during childhood with severe facial and limb weakness or develop slowly and gradually in adulthood with progressive difficulty closing the eyes, moving the face, lifting objects or walking. The disease is caused by degeneration of muscle due to a specific...

Farber disease is an inherited disease that affects lipid storage, causing an excess amount of fat to build up in the joints, tissues and central nervous system. There are many types of Farber disease, and they are categorized by severity and nervous system involvement.

Febrile seizures are associated with fevers and typically occur in young children. They may happen when a child has a cold, the flu or an ear infection.

Children with feeding disorders do not consume enough food (or liquid or a broad enough variety of food) to gain weight and grow normally.

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading known inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Over 100,000 Americans have FXS; moreover, it is estimated that over one million are Fragile X carriers. Nationally, over one million individuals have ASDs, which is a...