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The Association for Creatine Deficiencies (ACD), is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the three Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes:

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08Nov 2023

“No Limits” — Lacy

One of the hardest things about learning your child has a disability is the limits that are put on their life. The hopes and dreams you have for them change in an instant. However, once you take a moment to understand what it all means, things come into focus. The shattered pieces that you pick up and and put back together make a beautiful picture that you never would have imagined. 

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15Aug 2023

Q&A with Dr. Mark Levin, Pediatric Cardiologist: Prolonged QTc, Long QT Syndrome, and CCDS

Dr. Mark Levin is a board certified pediatric cardiologist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI), and has gained experience working with Creatine Transporter Deficiency (CTD) patients through his work on the Vigilan Observational Study. Dr. Levin presented at the 2021 CCDS Virtual Conference on “Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients and Animal Models of Creatine Transporter Deficiency” and a video of his presentation is available on the ACD YouTube channel.

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