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Ring chromosome 18 syndrome
Disease definition
A rare autosomal anomaly characterized by variable clinical features, most commonly including hypotonia, neonatal feeding and respiratory difficulties, microcephaly, global developmental delay and intellectual disability, growth hormone deficiency, hypothyroidism, hearing loss, aural atresia, dysmorphic facial features and behavioral characteristics.
ORPHA:1442
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Ring 18
- Ring chromosome 18
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: Infancy, Neonatal, Antenatal
- ICD-10: Q93.2
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C0265475
- MeSH: C538304
- GARD: 6077
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2018) Français (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018) Polski ()
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- Article for general public
- English (2005, pdf) - Unique
- Georgian (2005) - Unique
- Russian (2005, pdf) - Unique
- Deutsch (2007, pdf) - Unique
- Français (2010, pdf) - Unique
- Italiano (2012, pdf) - Unique
- Español (2018, pdf) - Unique


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