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Riley-Day syndrome

familial dysautonomia

  • autosomal recessive
  • seen in Jewish infants

  • malfunction of autonomic nervous system
  • possibly associated with catecholamine release + beta-NGF
  • hypersecretion of mucous glands

  • XR resembles cystic fibrosis

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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