tuberous sclerosis
Tuberous Sclerosis Tuberous Sclerosis (TS) is a genetic disorder that causes a variety of neurological and physical symptoms, including seizures, mental retardation and tumors in the brain, kidneys, eyes heart or other organs. ... He has most of the possible characteristics that is associated with Tuberous Sclerosis, which is categorized as severely affected. ... We had never heard of Tuberous Sclerosis until him. ... Tuberous Sclerosis is inherited, as an autosomal dominant trait although a high percentage of cases are due to new mutations this is what happened in our case. ... The mutated or changed genes that are known at this time to cause Tuberous Sclerosis are TSC1 is found in chromosome 9 while TSC2 is chromosome 16. ... Research is still being done to find out more about Tuberous Sclerosis and they are coming out with blood tests to find out if you carry any mutated genes or not. ... With these and other advances, the outlook for tuberous sclerosis patients continues to improve everyday.