Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Disorders. A team of OHSU specialists, called the Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) group, treats a variety of conditions affecting the liver, pancreas and biliary systems. Conditions treated include both chronic and malignant diseases.
Overview. Isaacs' syndrome is a rare neuromuscular disorder that is characterized by progressive muscle stiffness; continuously contracting or twitching muscles (myokymia); and diminished reflexes. Signs and symptoms generally develop between ages 15 and 60, with most people experiencing symptoms before age 40.
Sanfilippo Syndrome Sanfilippo Syndrome is a rare and catastrophic genetic disorder that takes its name from Dr. Sylvester Sanfilippo, one of the doctors who first described the condition in 1963.Sanfilippo Syndrome is a mucopolysaccharide disorder and is also known respectively as MPS III.It falls within a broader group of genetic disorders known as Lysosomal Storage Diseases. What these diseases share is an enzymatic defect which causes an accumulation of material within the cells of the body.hildren afflicted with Sanfilippo Syndrome are missing an essential enzyme that breaks down strings of a complex body sugar called heparan sulfate. The partially broken-down sugar, or mucopolysaccharide, accumulates in the brain and the bodys cells and tissue causing progressive damage.