Worster Drought syndrome: A mild form of tetraplegic cerebral palsy. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Worster Drought syndrome is available below.
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A syndrome with variable expression characterized by suprabulbar paresis, selective weakness and impairment of movement of the orbicularis oris muscle, tongue, and soft palate, resulting in speech and swallowing difficulty. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Worster Drought syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Worster Drought syndrome, or a subtype of Worster Drought syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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