PRINTER'S NO. 3843
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
993
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, KINSEY, DiGIROLAMO, BAKER, ROSS,
COHEN, HENNESSEY, ROZZI, WATSON, SCHLOSSBERG, CALTAGIRONE,
VEREB, BOBACK, SAYLOR, KIRKLAND, TOOHIL, WARD, KIM, NEILSON,
MILLARD, LONGIETTI, COOK-ARTIS, MURT, MAJOR, MARSICO,
GOODMAN, PAYNE, EVERETT, GINGRICH AND READSHAW,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2016 as "Krabbe Disease
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy, commonly known as
Krabbe Disease, is an inherited degenerative disorder of the
central and peripheral nervous systems; and
WHEREAS, Krabbe disease is one of a group of genetic
disorders called the leukodystrophies; and
WHEREAS, The disease most often affects infants, with onset
before six months of age, but can occur in adolescence or
adulthood; and
WHEREAS, Symptoms include irritability, unexplained fever,
limb stiffness, seizures, feeding difficulties, vomiting and
slowing of mental and motor development, muscle weakness,
spasticity, deafness and blindness; and
WHEREAS, There is no cure for Krabbe disease but treatment
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