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An Amish patient came to CHOP with unexplained brain inflammation. It turned out to be an ultra-rare genetic disorder.

An Amish patient came to CHOP with unexplained brain inflammation. It turned out to be an ultra-rare genetic disorder.
health8/26/2025

Doctors at CHOP and the Clinic for Special Children in Lancaster County discover ultra-rare genetic disorder is thousands of times more common in Amish people.

An ultra-rare genetic disorder that causes brain inflammation and recurrent infections is thousands of times more common in Amish people. Read more When an Amish patient arrived at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with fatigue, a severe headac... [6527 chars]