Word: lapp
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Morton's introduction to glutaric aciduria and the Amish came one night in 1987 while he was on duty in the clinical laboratory at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. A fellow physician, Dr. Charles Nichter, asked him to analyze the urine sample of an Amish child, Danny Lapp, from Lancaster County. At the time, Danny was alert but had no control over his arms or legs--signs of cerebral palsy, which was Nichter's medical specialty. Morton's testing revealed a metabolic fingerprint that could be caused only by glutaric aciduria, a disorder that had previously been reported only eight...
...fact, it was not the first case, nor would it be the last, from Amish country. Curious about the nature and cause of Danny's cerebral palsy, Morton decided to visit him at the Lapps' home near Leola, Pa. Danny, who was six at the time, sat strapped to a wheelchair, his legs flailing, while his parents, John and Ida, told Morton about many Amish parents who had endured similar heartbreaks. Five years after Morton's first visit, Danny Lapp died of the disease...