Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, myopathic form
Synonyms: CPT2, adult-onset form | CPT2, myopathic form | CPTII, adult-onset form | CPTII, myopathic form | Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, adult-onset form | Carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiency type 2, adult-onset form | Carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiency type 2, myopathic form
The myopathic form of carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency an inherited metabolic disorder that affects mitochondrial oxidation of long chain fatty acids (LCFA) is the most common and the least severe form of CPT II deficiency (see this term).
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Advocacy Organizations
MitoAction
MitoAction’s mission is to improve the quality of life for children, adults, and families living with mitochondrial disease through support, education, outreach, advocacy, clinical research initiatives and by granting wishes for children affected by mitochondrial disease.
Mississippi Metabolics Foundation
Mississippi Metabolics Foundation (MMF) was founded to raise awareness, educate, and provide support to those living or caring for someone with genetic metabolic disorders/inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).
Louisiana Metabolic Disorders Coalition
We support, educate, and advocate for patients & families affected by metabolic disorders.
Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia
Provide information, support and advocacy to families caring for a child with an undiagnosed or rare genetic condition.
Neuromuscular Disease Foundation
The Neuromuscular Disease Foundation's (NDF) mission is to enhance the quality of the lives of people living with GNE Myopathy (also known as HIBM) through advocacy, education, outreach, and funding clinical research focused on treatments and a cure.
Association Aux Pas du Coeur
Our organization wants to raise awareness and recognize rare diseases in Côte d'Ivoire. Our mission is to: Raising awareness and campaigning to help with the diagnosis and free therapeutic care of patients. Request and/or contribute to actions relating to the training of the medical profession so that doctors are able to make a final diagnosis and ensure the continuous follow-up of patients. Create a patient registry to establish very precise statistics of rare diseases in Côte d'Ivoire. Create a close-knit patient community. Break the isolation and despair of sick people and their families. Open up to the world and actively contribute to international research aimed at treatments.
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COMBINEDBrain Inc
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Clinical Trials
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