Index E: Contact a Family - for families with disabled children: information on rare syndromes and disorders

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Please use the index below to access the condition you require information on. It may take longer to find what you are looking for this way compared with our "search this site" facility in the navigator on the left but we try to point you in the most appropriate direction using this index and therefore the results should be better. For speed, this index has been split into separate alphabetical files:

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E.Coli 0157 infection see Haemolytic Uraemic syndrome
EB Simplex see Epidermolysis Bullosa
EDS see Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
EMG syndrome see Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Eagle-Barrett syndrome see Prune Belly syndrome
Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy see Ohtahara syndrome
Eastern equine encephalitis see Encephalitis
Eating Disorders
Ectodermal Dysplasia
Eczema
Edwards' syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome
Emery-Dreifuss disease see Muscular Dystrophy and neuromuscular disorders
Emphysema see Lung diseases
Encephalitis
Encephalofacial Angiomatosis see Sturge-Weber syndrome
Enchondromatosis see Ollier disease
Endocardial Fibroelastosis see Metabolic diseases
Enthesitis-related Arthritis see Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic)
Eosinophilic granuloma see Histiocytosis
Epidemic Neuromyasthenia see Chronic Fatigue syndrome / Myalgic Encephalopathy
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Epilepsy
Epilepsy syndromes in Childhood
Epispadias see Bladder Exstrophy
Epispadias Complex see Bladder Exstrophy
Erb's Palsy
Erythrogenesis imperfecta see Diamond Blackfan syndrome
Erythromelalgia see Raynaud's Phenomenon
Erythropoietic Protoporphyria see Porphyria
Ethylmalonic Aciduria see Metabolic diseases
Ethylmalonic Adipic Aciduria see Metabolic diseases
Eulenberg's disease see Muscular Dystrophy and neuromuscular disorders
Evans syndrome
Exomphalos see Abdominal Exstrophies
Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism see Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Exostoses see Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
Exstropy/Epispadias Complex see Bladder Exstrophy
Extended Oligoarthritis see Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic)
Eye Defects see Visual Impairment




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