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Donnai-Barrow syndrome

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Disease Overview

Donnai-Barrow syndrome (DBS) is a rare, often severe, multiple congenital malformation syndrome with typical facial dysmorphism, ocular findings, hearing loss, agenesis of the corpus callosum, and variable intellectual disability. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and/or omphalocele are common.


Synonyms

  • DBS/FOAR syndrome
  • Donnai-Barrow syndrome
  • FOAR syndrome
  • Holmes-Schepens syndrome
  • diaphragmatic hernia exomphalos absent corpus callosum hypertelorism myopia sensorineural deafness and proteinuria
  • diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos, absent corpus callosum, hypertelorism, myopia, sensorineural deafness, and Proteinuria
  • diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos, absent corpus callosum, hypertelorism, myopia, sensorineural deafness, and proteinuria
  • diaphragmatic hernia-exomphalos-hypertelorism syndrome
  • diaphragmatic hernia-hypertelorism-myopia-deafness syndrome
  • facio-oculo-acoustico-renal syndrome
  • faciooculoacousticorenal syndrome
  • syndrome of ocular and facial anomalies, telecanthus and deafness

GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet

Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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GeneReviews

GeneReviews has an article on this condition covering diagnosis, management, and inheritance. Each article is written by one or more experts on the specific disease and is reviewed by other specialists. The article contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. The GeneReviews database is managed by the University of Washington.

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MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus has information about this condition that may include a description, frequency, causes, inheritance, and links to more information. The information is written for the public, including patients, caregivers and families. MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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