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LADD Syndrome

LADD Syndrome: Introduction

LADD Syndrome: A very rare genetic disorder characterized by ear, teeth and tear duct abnormalities. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of LADD Syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of LADD Syndrome

• Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
• Absent tear duct opening
• Underdeveloped tear duct opening
• Simple ears
• Cupped ears
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 30 symptoms of LADD Syndrome

LADD Syndrome: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to LADD Syndrome:

• Dry mouth
• Eating difficulty
• Inflammation of oral mucosa
• Oral candidiasis
• Reduced salivation
• Dental caries
• more complications...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with LADD Syndrome?

• Failure to diagnose LADD Syndrome
• Undiagnosed: LADD Syndrome

Treatments for LADD Syndrome

• Treatment is directed at the symptoms as the appear in the individual patients
• more treatments...»

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Definitions of LADD Syndrome:

LADD Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that LADD Syndrome, or a subtype of LADD Syndrome, 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 LADD Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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