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CK syndrome
Disease definition
CK syndrome is a rare, genetic, X-linked syndromic intellectual disability disorder characterized by mild to severe intellectual disability, infancy-onset seizures, post-natal microcephaly, cerebral cortical malformations, dysmorphic facial features (including long, narrow face, almond-shaped palpebral fissures, epicanthic folds, high nasal bridge, malar flattening, posteriorly rotated ears, high arched palate, crowded teeth, micrognathia) and thin body habitus. Long and slim fingers/toes, strabismus, hypotonia, spasticity, optic disc atrophy, and behavioral problems (aggression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and irritability) are additional features.
ORPHA:251383
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- X-linked intellectual disability-microcephaly-cortical malformation-thin habitus syndrome
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: X-linked recessive
- Age of onset: Infancy, Neonatal
- ICD-10: Q87.0
- OMIM: 300831
- UMLS: -
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018)
Detailed information
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2018) - GeneReviews


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