CHARGE syndrome

Introduction: CHARGE syndrome

Description of CHARGE syndrome

CHARGE syndrome (medical condition): A rare disorder characterized by choanal atresia, coloboma, ear and...more »

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CHARGE syndrome: An association of posterior choanal atresia with variable multiple abnormalities which include delayed mental and somatic development, ocular coloboma, ear abnormalities, deafness (usually associated with recurrent otitis, rather than ear anomalies), hypogenitalism, and heart defects. Many children have feeding, swallowing, and breathing difficulties and facial paralysis which are caused by multiple cranial nerve dysfunction. The syndrome occurs twice as often in girls as in boys and usually affects the right side of the body.
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CHARGE syndrome: Related Topics

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CHARGE syndrome: Rare Disease

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

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

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

Source - Orphanet

CHARGE syndrome as a Disease

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

CHARGE syndrome: Related Diseases

CHARGE syndrome: CHARGE syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Ear and hearing conditions
• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions
• Genital conditions
• Heart conditions
• Chest conditions
• Circulatory system conditions
• Congenital conditions - physical defects
• Congenital conditions
• Genetic conditions
• Respiratory conditions

More information on medical condition: CHARGE Syndrome:

• Information about CHARGE Syndrome
• Basic Summary for CHARGE Syndrome
• Symptoms of CHARGE Syndrome
• Complications of CHARGE Syndrome

CHARGE syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to CHARGE syndrome:

• genetic disorder
• coloboma of eye
• atresia of nasal choanae
• genital and urinary abnormalities
• growth retardation

Terms associated with CHARGE syndrome:

Terms Similar to CHARGE syndrome:

• CHARGE-association
• Coloboma, Heart anomaly, choanal Atresia, Retardation, Genital and Ear anomalies
• Familial CHARGE syndrome (subtype)
• HHS (Hall Hittner syndrome)
• Hall Hittner syndrome

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External links related to: CHARGE syndrome

• OMIM - CHARGE SYNDROME
• Search Jablonski's Syndromes Database
• eMedicine - CHARGE Syndrome : Article by Venkataraman Krishnan, MD

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