List of some genetic disorders linked to chromsome 18

Links from the following list of genetic disorders assigned to chromosome 18 will take to viewer to a more detailed description of the particular condition. There are a number of neurological disorders on this list, from bipolar disorder to Niemann-Pick disease. Most of the listed conditions are described in the OMIM pages at NCBI.

Manic depression (bipolar disorder)

Tourette syndrome

Pemphigus foliaceous (autoimmune disease of the skin)

Congential haemorrhagic disorders

Methamoglobinemia, cyanosis of the skin

human homolog of mouse twirler mutation affecting the inner ear (hearing loss/circling behavior)

carnosinemia, carnosinase deficiency - a progressive neurological disorder

BRIC - intrahepatic cholestasis

Niemann-Pick disease - a neurological definciency of sphingomyelinase