Researchers find CFI deficiency alarmingly high in old order Amish

Alexandru Orian

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Aug 13 2025 Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Clinic for Special Children found that complement factor I (CFI) deficiency, an ultra-rare genetic disorder that can cause debilitating neuroinflammation, is more than 4500 times more likely to be found in individuals of Old Order Amish ancestry than in the rest of the global population. These findings could help clinicians better recognize the disease and develop a standard

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