Bird Pinkerton
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first heard Apr 2026
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Her brothers also had problems.
And Louise's doctor was working with her sister Paula as well, who, much like Louise, had pain when she walked on treadmills for extended periods of time.
So what did this mean?
What did it mean for the siblings?
If it was genetic, what did it mean for their kids?
Were their kids at risk?
What was the problem here?
It wasn't clear how Louise or her family members were going to get answers to these questions until Louise's case wound up in front of a special group at the National Institutes of Health.
More on that after the break.
In 2009, Louise's case was reviewed by a group known as the Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
It was a successful program.
And in the years since, the NIH has actually built on it and turned it into something called the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, a rare disease investigation unit, essentially.
Right from the beginning, the program got a lot of applicants and could not accept them all.
But Louise's case did get accepted, in part because it seemed quite unique, in part because it seemed like genetics were involved, and in part because the program was interested in cases that seemed broadly relevant.
Louise clearly had an issue related to her blood vessels, and issues related to blood vessels are extremely common.
And once the case was accepted, the program really kicked into gear.
The plan, in Louise and her sister Paula's case, involved them going into the NIH, getting a variety of tests.
So there were a bunch of different types of scans, but also genetic tests.
And then their other siblings were tested too, as well as their parents.
There were a few possible outcomes for this process.
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