Dubowitz Syndrome: A rare genetic and developmental disorder characterized by infantile eczema, small stature, microcephaly and peculiar facial features. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Dubowitz Syndrome is available below.
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A syndrome of intrauterine dwarfism, short stature, mental retardation, sparse hair, eczema, and characteristic facies. The phenotype varies from normal growth and head circumference with mild psychomotor retardation and lack of eczema to severe growth and mental retardation, microcephaly, behavioral problems, aplastic anemia, immunological disorders, neoplasms, and eczema Some features of this syndrome are similar to those in Bloom and fetal alcohol syndromes. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Dubowitz Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Dubowitz Syndrome, or a subtype of Dubowitz 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 Dubowitz Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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