| 11. | Familial dysautonomia is a genetic disorder that affects the development and survival of certain nerve cells.
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| 12. | The body's inability to regulate the blood pressure can be a type of dysautonomia.
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| 13. | Shelton is testing blood samples O'Brien sent her from about 100 dogs diagnosed with dysautonomia.
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| 14. | And if he had not received a letter from the Dysautonomia Foundation asking him to find the gene?
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| 15. | Fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance are prominent symptoms of both conditions, and dysautonomia may underlie both conditions.
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| 16. | It is unclear how mutations in the IKBKAP gene lead to the signs and symptoms of familial dysautonomia.
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| 17. | Nearly all individuals with familial dysautonomia have two copies of the same IKBKAP gene mutation in each cell.
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| 18. | And members of the Dysautonomia Foundation, which has financed his work, are congratulating themselves on their perspicacity.
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| 19. | Because dysautonomia has so many symptoms, it can be hard for veterinarians to diagnose when it first appears.
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| 20. | Symptomatic treatment is available for many symptoms associated with dysautonomia, and some disease processes can be treated directly.
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