Aarskog-Scott syndrome

Introduction: Aarskog-Scott syndrome

Description of Aarskog-Scott syndrome

Aarskog-Scott syndrome (medical condition): A rare genetic condition characterized by facial, hand, genital and growth abnormalities.

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Aarskog Syndrome:
  »Introduction: Aarskog Syndrome
  »Symptoms of Aarskog Syndrome

Aarskog-Scott syndrome: SYN: faciodigitogenital dysplasia.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Aarskog-Scott syndrome: Multiple limb and genital abnormalities with short stature, hypertelorism, downslanting palpebral fissures, anteverted nostrils joint laxity, shawl scrotum, and occasional mental retardation. The phenotype varies with age and postpuberal males have only minor remnant manifestations of the prepuberal phenotype.
Source: Diseases Database

Aarskog-Scott syndrome: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Aarskog-Scott syndrome:

• Scott syndrome
• Aarskog
• Scott

Aarskog-Scott syndrome: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Aarskog-Scott syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Aarskog-Scott syndrome, or a subtype of Aarskog-Scott syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Aarskog-Scott syndrome as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Aarskog-Scott syndrome as a Disease

Aarskog-Scott syndrome: Another name for Aarskog Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Aarskog Syndrome
  »Symptoms of Aarskog Syndrome

Symptoms of Aarskog-Scott syndrome (Aarskog Syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Aarskog-Scott syndrome incude:

• Widely spaced eyes
• Anteverted nostrils
• Broad upper lip
• Unusual scrotal 'shawl' above the penis
• Small hands

See full list of 40 symptoms of Aarskog-Scott syndrome (Aarskog Syndrome)

Aarskog-Scott syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Aarskog-Scott syndrome:

• faciodigitogenital syndrome
• short stature
• facial abnormalities
• skeletal anomalies
• widow's peak
• brachydactyly
• simian crease
• blepharoptosis
• hypertelorism
• clinodactyly

Terms associated with Aarskog-Scott syndrome:

Terms Similar to Aarskog-Scott syndrome:

• Facial-digital-genital syndrome
• Faciogenital dysplasia
• Greig syndrome
• Shawl scrotum syndrome
• Aarskog syndrome

Source: Diseases Database

• FGDY
• Faciodigitogenital syndrome
• Faciogenital dysplasia
• Scott Aarskog syndrome
• Aarskog syndrome
• Aarskog disease

Source - NIH

External links related to: Aarskog-Scott syndrome

• Aarskog's syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA
• OMIM - AARSKOG SYNDROME
• Search Jablonski's Syndromes Database

Source: Diseases Database

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