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HARRISON FORD IN GSD FILM Extraordinary Measures starring Harrison Ford, based on the book "The Cure" it tells the story of John Crowley and his part in funding the development of an enzyme-replacement therapy for people with Pompe Disease. Two of John's children suffer from Pompe (GSD Type II). UK release 26th February.
MCARDLE HANDBOOK PROJECT Thanks to the Vodafone Foundation Kathryn Wright is preparing a Handbook for people with McArdle's. More details here.
For Type II Pompe links see the Pompe Pages. For Type I Von Gierke and Type V McArdle links see their respective sections of this site. Please click here to report broken links.
CLIMB Children Living with Metabolic Diseases - the National Information Centre for Metabolic Diseases www.climb.org.uk
OMIM On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Man is a searchable database on all of the known genetic diseases. A lot of information but very technical. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Muscular Dystrophy Association in Australia has information about several types of GSD. www.mda.org.au
Diseases of the Liver has information about the liver-related forms of GSD. www.cumc.columbia.edu
Children's Liver Disease Foundation - a useful website for liver diseases www.childliverdisease.org
Genetics Education Center at Kansas University A good collection of educational resources for genetics. www.kumc.edu
Contact a Family - for families with disabled children www.cafamily.org.uk
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign in the UK works with the muscle-involved types of GSD. www.muscular-dystrophy.org
Medic Alert Foundation - identification system for individuals with hidden medical conditions. www.medicalert.org.uk
France - Association Francophone des Glycogénoses www.glycogenoses.org
Germany - Selbsthilfegruppe Glykogenose Deutschland e.V. www.glykogenose.de
Italy - Associazione Italiana Glicogenosi www.aig-aig.it
Spain - Asociacion Española de Enfermos de Glucogenosis (A.E.E.G.) www.glucogenosis.org
USA - Association for Glycogen Storage Disease www.agsdus.org