Rare disease

INVESTIGATORS at Palma’s Son Espases University Hospital have discovered a very rare disease that is only suffered by 13 children all over the world.

The discovery was made possible after a brother and sister in Mallorca were found to carry an abnormal gene that causes severe cranial haemorrhages during pregnancy.

Researchers at the hospital’s Genetics department launched the study after the second sibling with the same condition was born to a Mallorca couple, leading experts to confirm that the cause was genetic.

A two­year investigation by professionals from several medical specialities eventually revealed that the condition is only shared by 13 children from eight families throughout the world, most of whom are Turkish.