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May 24, 2009

Modesto Bee story focuses on rare pediatric neurological disorder

A May 24 Modesto Bee article tells the story of a local family’s experience raising two children with Zellweger syndrome—a disabling genetic disorder that prevents the body from ridding itself of toxic substances and causes muscles and organs to function improperly. Both children have been diagnosed and treated at UCSF Children’s Hospital by Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD, a pediatric neurologist who directs the Comprehensive Clinic for Brain Development and is interviewed in the story.

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/715791.html