Navajo neurohepatopathy: A rare genetic disease found in Navajo populations. It involves peripheral nerve degeneration, liver disease and corneal ulcers. The genetic disease is believed to be caused by maternal exposure to uranium from waters contaminated by old mines. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Navajo neurohepatopathy is available below.
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Navajo neurohepatopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Navajo neurohepatopathy, or a subtype of Navajo neurohepatopathy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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