NICHD BRAIN AND TISSUE BANK FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
CENTRAL OFFICE: University of Maryland
COLLABORATIVE SITE: University of Miami
email: btbumab@umaryland.edu phone: 1-800-847-1539

CASE IDENTIFICATION CODE UMB#297
DISORDER: Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome
AGE: 15 year(s) 130 day(s)
SEX: Female
RACE: Caucasian
POST MORTEM INTERVAL: 4 hour(s)
CAUSE OF DEATH: Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome, Complications
KARYOTYPE AVAILABLE? Yes FINDINGS: 46,XX
HIV STATUS: (no test results) HBSAG STATUS: (no test results)
LENGTH OF TIME IN STORAGE AS OF AUGUST 2008: 5100 days

AVAILABLE TISSUE

....FIXED....

BRAIN (Protocol Method 1)

CEREBRUM- Hemi Coronal Section(2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18)

OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS

CARDIOVASCULAR- (Aorta, Heart, Vein), ENDOCRINE- (Adrenal, Breast, Thyroid), GASTROINTESTINAL- (Appendix, Colon ascending, Colon descending, Duodenum, Esophagus, Gallbladder, Ileum, Jejunum, Liver, Pancreas, Stomach), GENITAL- (Fallopian Tube, Ovary, Uterus), HEMATOPOIETIC- (Lymph Node, Spleen, Thymus), INTEGUMENTARY- (Adipose, Skin), MUSCULO SKELETAL- (Bone (rib), Diaphragm, Long Bone, Psoas), RESPIRATORY- (Bronchus, Lung, Trachea), SPINAL CORD- (Cervical, Lumbar, Peripheral Nerve, Thoracic, Sacral), URINARY- (Bladder, Kidney)

....FROZEN....

BRAIN (Protocol Method 1)

(not available)

OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS

BODY FLUIDS- (RBC), CARDIOVASCULAR- (Aorta, Heart, Vein), ENDOCRINE- (Breast, Thyroid), GASTROINTESTINAL- (Appendix, Colon ascending, Colon descending, Duodenum, Esophagus, Gallbladder, Ileum, Jejunum, Liver, Pancreas, Stomach), GENITAL- (Fallopian Tube), HEMATOPOIETIC- (Spleen, Thymus), INTEGUMENTARY- (Adipose, Skin), MUSCULO SKELETAL- (Bone (rib), Diaphragm, Long Bone, Psoas), RESPIRATORY- (Bronchus, Lung, Trachea), SPINAL CORD- (Cervical, Lumbar, Peripheral Nerve, Thoracic, Sacral), URINARY- (Bladder, Kidney), OTHER TISSUE- (Fibroblasts)