Ataxia Telangiectasia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Ataxia Telangiectasia, or a subtype of Ataxia Telangiectasia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Ataxia Telangiectasia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Ataxia Telangiectasia: Introduction
Broader types of Ataxia Telangiectasia:
Prevalance of Ataxia Telangiectasia: 1 per 40,000 - 100,000 people worldwide suffer from ataxia-telangiectasia, Genetics Home Reference website
Prevalance Rate of Ataxia Telangiectasia: approx 1 in 40,000 or 0.00% or 6,800 people in USA [about data]
Patient Profile for Ataxia Telangiectasia: Symptoms usually noticable before age 10.
Prognosis of Ataxia Telangiectasia: Poor. Life-shortening. Neurodegenerative. Often death in teens or 20's.
Complications of Ataxia Telangiectasia:
see complications of Ataxia Telangiectasia
Prognosis of Ataxia Telangiectasia:
The
prognosis for individuals with A-T is poor. Those with the disease usually
die in their teens or early 20s.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Ataxia Telangiectasia Information Page: NINDS)
Causes of Ataxia Telangiectasia: see causes of Ataxia Telangiectasia
Risk factors for Ataxia Telangiectasia:
see
risk factors for Ataxia Telangiectasia
Symptoms of Ataxia Telangiectasia: see symptoms of Ataxia Telangiectasia
Complications of Ataxia Telangiectasia: see complications of Ataxia Telangiectasia
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Ataxia Telangiectasia
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Treatments for Ataxia Telangiectasia:
see treatments for Ataxia Telangiectasia
Prevention of Ataxia Telangiectasia:
see prevention of Ataxia Telangiectasia
Research for Ataxia Telangiectasia:
see research for Ataxia Telangiectasia
Organs and body systems related to Ataxia Telangiectasia include:
Main name of condition: Ataxia Telangiectasia
Other names or spellings for Ataxia Telangiectasia:AT, Louis Bar syndrome
Louis-Bar syndrome
Source - Diseases Database
AT, Louis Bar syndrome, Louis Bar syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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