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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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[ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ]

[ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ X ] [ Y ] [ Z ]

Contact a Family also has information on many other specific conditions and rare disorders. If you cannot find the information you require in The Contact a Family Directory Online, you may wish to use our Contact a Family Helpline service.

Zellweger syndrome see Metabolic diseases

  
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This is an extract from The Contact a Family Directory which has information on hundreds of conditions affecting both children and adults. Subscriptions are available for the paperback, CD-ROM and website versions of this resource.

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