| 1. | As a neurological lab, the facility will not deal with cystinosis.
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| 2. | Intermediate cystinosis typically begins to affect individuals around age twelve to fifteen.
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| 3. | Like many rare diseases, cystinosis is transmitted genetically.
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| 4. | Scientists in 1998 discovered the gene that causes cystinosis.
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| 5. | Cystinosis is the most common cause of Fanconi syndrome in the pediatric age group.
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| 6. | It occurs only when both of a person's parents carry the cystinosis gene.
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| 7. | Cystinosis is usually treated with cysteamine, which is prescribed to decrease intralysosomal cystine accumulation.
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| 8. | Without treatment, children with cystinosis can develop end-stage kidney failure by age 9.
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| 9. | The study of cystinosis could provide information that could help millions of people with other disorders.
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| 10. | Cystinosis is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by the abnormal accumulation of the amino acid cystine.
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