Fatty Oxidation Disorders

Related Disorders: MCAD, SCAD, LCAD, LCHAD, CPT I AND II: Carnitine Palmityltransferase Translocase; Carnitine acylcarnitine translocase, VLCAD: Very Long Chain Trifunctional Protein Deficiency, ETF Dehydrogenase Deficiency: Glutaricaciduria II, EFT Deficiency HMG

Who to Contact
Where to Go to Chat with Others
Learn More About It
Web Sites
Search Google for "Fatty Oxidation"

Who to Contact

Fatty Oxidation Disorder Family Support Group (FOD)
2041 Tomahawk
Okemos, MI 48864
(517) 381-1940
deb@fodsupport.org  
http://www.fodsupport.org/

The Fatty Oxidation Disorder Family Support Group provides emotional support, networking, and professional referrals to families coping with a child's fatty oxidation disorder through a letters and phone calls. FOD serves parents of children with fatty oxidation disorders, professional researchers who are testing for, or interested in these disorders. They provide family list to those who wish to contact others coping with this disorder.

Where to Go to Chat with Others

• FOD Email Mailing List
  A way to connect with other FOD families (some professionals too) across the world and share your questions, concerns and family stories about dealing with an FOD.

Learn More About It

• Description of Disorders
• What is MCAD?
• MCAD Information for Families
• Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency from OMIM
• Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency from eMedicine
  
• What is LCHAD?
• Long-Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency : Article from eMedicine
  
• Short-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency from OMIM
• Very-Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency from OMIM

Web Sites

• The FOD Network
• Center for Inherited Disorders of Energy Metabolism
• James William Lazzaro Foundation