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I have a daughter with Tourettes, Bipolar disorder, complex partial seizures in the amigdyla/hippocampus area, scoliosis, and now there may also be liver malfunction of some sort. She seems to be getting excellent medical care, but it always seems like we re treating symptoms of some deeper-lying issue. I bumped into Arakawa s Syndrome II on wikipedia and I m hesitant to approach her docs with nothing more than a wikipedia description of something that may cause her probs. Is there a better resource I can look up on Arakawa s syndrome II?
Arakawa's syndrome II is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
This means the defective gene responsible for disorder is located on an autosome, and one copy of the defective gene is sufficient to cause the disorder when inherited from a parent who has the disorder.
Hope you will find it helpful to you,
Thanks & Regards, Dr. Gaurav Prajapati
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What Does Arakawa S Syndrome II Mean?
Hello, Thank you for writing to HCM, Brief Answer - Arakawa s syndrome II disorder causes neurological problems. Explained Answer - Characteristics : This disorder causes neurological problems, including mental retardation, brain atrophy and ventricular dilation, myoclonus, hypotonia, and epilepsy. It is also associated with growth retardation, megaloblastic anemia, pectus excavatum, scoliosis, vomiting, diarrhea, and hepatosplenomegaly. Genetics : Arakawa s syndrome II is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. This means the defective gene responsible for disorder is located on an autosome, and one copy of the defective gene is sufficient to cause the disorder when inherited from a parent who has the disorder. Hope you will find it helpful to you, Thanks & Regards, Dr. Gaurav Prajapati