Ellis -van creveld syndrome

Causes of Ellis -van creveld syndrome:

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• Unknown etiology
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Ellis -van creveld syndrome Treatments

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• Multidisciplinary management
• Supportive care
• Dietary counselling
• Dental care-oral hygiene instruction, plaque control
• Prosthetic rehabilitation
• Orthopedic procedures correct polydactyly and other orthopedic malformations
• Cardiac surgery may be needed to correct cardiac anomalies
• Thoracic expansion has been attempted in some patients
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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Article Excerpts about Ellis -van creveld syndrome

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, also known as "chondroectodermal dysplasia," is a rare genetic disorder...(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

Definitions of Ellis -van creveld syndrome:

Chondrodysplasia of long bones affecting mainly the distal ends of extremities and resulting in short-limb dwarfism, hexadactyly of the fingers and less frequently the toes; ectodermal dysplasia with nail and hair abnormalities, and congenital heart defects. Associated abnormalities may include cryptorchidism, epispadias, talipes equinovalgus, and Dandy-Walker syndrome (absence of cerebellar vermis, hydrocephalus, and posterior fossa cyst continuous with the fourth ventricle). Some patients are retarded. The largest pedigree was observed in Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and some cases were reported in Australian Aborigines.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

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

Detailed list of causes of Ellis -van creveld syndrome

The list below shows some of the causes of Ellis -van creveld syndrome mentioned in various sources:

• Unknown etiology
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How Common are these Causes of Ellis -van creveld syndrome?

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• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 1 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Ellis -van creveld syndrome:

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What are the alternative names for Ellis -van creveld syndrome:

Chondroectodermal dysplasia, Mesoectodermal dysplasia
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