Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Playing Doctor for My Paper

I've been researching genetic disorders to diagnose Art from "Pop Art" for my paper. I think he may have a real disease, and the narrator has just exaggerated this into an inflatable boy. My differential diagnoses are Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome causes oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding disorders, and dysfunctions of the lungs and heart. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome causes extremely elastic skin and flexible joints.
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  1. deirdra3April 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    Combine those two diseases and it sounds like you got Art.

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  2. elizabeth howellApril 21, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    That is a really good idea. I never thought about it like that. I bet those diseases are both rare like the inflatable people the main character seems to get along with so well.

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  3. KentApril 21, 2010 at 3:25 PM

    I like this paper topic, it's really creative. I've never heard of either of those diseases, so it would be an interesting read just for the information.

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  4. Heather KirkwoodApril 21, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    I have Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. Make sure you check out www.hpsnetwork.org. Let me know if I can send you any info that would help with your paper.

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