What is Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type?

What is Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type?

• Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: A rare recessively inherited genetic disorder characterized by ankyloblepharon, ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft lip and/or cleft palate. The recessive form of this condition is distinguished by the presence at birth of adhesions between the upper and lower jaws.

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

Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: Introduction

Types of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type:

Broader types of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type:

• Genetic conditions
• Eye and vision conditions
• Oral conditions
• Head conditions
• Nail conditions
• Dental conditions
• Skin conditions
• Congenital conditions - physical defects
• Congenital conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type?

Complications of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: see complications of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

What causes Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type?

Causes of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: see causes of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

What are the symptoms of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type?

Symptoms of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: see symptoms of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

Complications of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: see complications of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: Medical Geneticist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type.
Treatments for Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: see treatments for Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

Name and Aliases of Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

Main name of condition: Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type

Seres-Santamaria-Arimany-Muniz syndrome, Ankyloblepharon, ectodermal defects, and cleft lip and palate and congenital adhesions between the upper and lower jaws (alveolar synechiae), Cleft palate, ankyloblepharon, alveolar synechiae, and ectodermal defects

Ankyloblepharon, ectodermal defects, and cleft lip and palate and congenital adhesions between the upper and lower jaws (alveolar synechiae)
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type:

• Inherited disorder
• Autosomal recessive disorder
• Cleft lip
• Cleft palate
• Ankyloblepharon

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