What is EEC syndrome?

What is EEC syndrome?

• EEC syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by absence of fingers and toes, ectodermal dysplasia and cleft lip or cleft palate.

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

EEC syndrome: Introduction

Types of EEC syndrome:

Broader types of EEC syndrome:

• Genetic conditions
• Congenital conditions - physical defects
• Congenital conditions
• Hand conditions
• Upper limb conditions
• Foot conditions
• Lower limb conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Limb conditions
• Bone or skeletal conditions
• Oral conditions
• Head conditions
• Skin conditions
• Hair conditions
• more types...»

How serious is EEC syndrome?

Complications of EEC syndrome: see complications of EEC syndrome

What causes EEC syndrome?

Causes of EEC syndrome: see causes of EEC syndrome

What are the symptoms of EEC syndrome?

Symptoms of EEC syndrome: see symptoms of EEC syndrome

Complications of EEC syndrome: see complications of EEC syndrome

Can anyone else get EEC syndrome?

More information: see contagiousness of EEC syndrome
Inheritance: see inheritance of EEC syndrome

EEC syndrome: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and EEC syndrome.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for EEC syndrome: Medical Geneticist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for EEC syndrome.
Treatments for EEC syndrome: see treatments for EEC syndrome
Research for EEC syndrome: see research for EEC syndrome

Name and Aliases of EEC syndrome

Main name of condition: EEC syndrome

Rudiger syndrome 1, Walker-Clodius Syndrome, cleft lip-cleft palate-lobster claw deformity syndrome, ectrodactyly-cleft lip/palate syndrome, lobster-claw with ectodermal defects syndrome, split hand-cleft lip/palate and ectodermal dysplasia, split hand/feet syndrome, Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting (EEC) syndrome

Cleft lip-cleft palate-lobster claw deformity syndrome, Ectrodactyly-cleft lip/palate syndrome, Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting (EEC) syndrome, Rudiger syndrome 1, Walker-Clodius syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

EEC syndrome: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, EEC syndrome:

• Ectrodactly
• Ectodermal dysplasia-cleft
• Enamel hypoplasia
• Photophobia
• Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
• Autosomal dominanat disorder
• Conductive hearing loss

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