Lesch Nyhan syndrome - Aamir Al Mosawi - Bog

Lesch Nyhan syndrome is a really terrifying rare hereditary disorder that can make parents experience a horrible nightmare of several years duration. It is seems that it is wise to try to save the parents from experiencing the double nightmare of having an other child having this horrible condition, and such attempt can only be successful when the correct diagnosis can be made as early as possible. The occurrence Lesch Nyhan syndrome disease in Iraq has not been reported or documented. The aim of this book is to describe the first case of this rare syndrome in Iraq. In this case, appropriate and timely counseling could have saved parents from experiencing the suffering of having an other affected child with a horrible disorder associated with significant morbidity and little interventions to help. A second aim of this book is to describe the early documentation of Lesch Nyhan syndrome during the 1960s.