Naxos disease: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by heart disease and woolly hair. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Naxos disease is available below.
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Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed as alopecia totalis. Researchers estimate that...read more »
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Naxos disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Naxos disease, or a subtype of Naxos disease,
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 Naxos disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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