What is Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome?

What is Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome?

• Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: A condition affecting the neonate which causes a more elderly appearance.

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

Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: Introduction

Types of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome:

Broader types of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome:

• Infant health conditions
• Conditions involving premature ageing
• more types...»

What causes Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome?

Causes of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: see causes of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome

What are the symptoms of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome?

Symptoms of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: see symptoms of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome

Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: Medical Geneticist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome.
Treatments for Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: see treatments for Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome

Name and Aliases of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome

Main name of condition: Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome

Neonatal pseudo-hydrocephalic progeroid syndrome of Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch, Rautenstrauch-Wiedemann syndrome, Rautenstrauch-Wiedemann type neonatal progeria, Wiedemann Rautenstrauch syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome:

• Autosomal recessive disorder
• Accelerated aging
• Lipodystrophy
• Pseudohydrocephalus
• Intrauterine growth retardation

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