Aarskog syndrome

Introduction: Aarskog syndrome

Description of Aarskog syndrome

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

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Aarskog 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.
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Aarskog syndrome: Related Topics

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

• Aarskog
• Aarskog disease
• Aarskog syndrome

Aarskog syndrome: Rare Disease

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

Aarskog 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 syndrome, or a subtype of Aarskog syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
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Aarskog syndrome as a Disease

Aarskog syndrome (medical condition): See Aarskog Syndrome (disease information).
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  »Symptoms of Aarskog Syndrome

More information on medical condition: Aarskog Syndrome:

• Information about Aarskog Syndrome
• Basic Summary for Aarskog Syndrome
• Symptoms of Aarskog Syndrome

Aarskog syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Aarskog syndrome:

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

Terms associated with Aarskog syndrome:

Terms Similar to Aarskog syndrome:

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

Source: Diseases Database

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

Source - NIH

External links related to: Aarskog 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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