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IFAP syndrome 1, with or without BRESHECK syndrome

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Disease Overview

An X-linked multiple congenital anomaly disorder with variable severity. The classic triad, which defines IFAP, is ichthyosis follicularis, atrichia, and photophobia. Some patients have additional features, including mental retardation, brain anomalies, Hirschsprung disease, corneal opacifications, kidney dysplasia, cryptorchidism, cleft palate, and skeletal malformations, particularly of the vertebrae, which constitutes BRESHECK syndrome.


Synonyms

  • IFAP syndrome with or without BRESHECK syndrome
  • IFAP syndrome with or without BRESHECK syndrome, X-linked recessive
  • IFAP/BRESHECK syndrome
  • ichthyosis follicularis atrichia photophobia syndrome
  • ichthyosis follicularis, atrichia, and photophobia with or without brain anomalies, retardation, ectodermal dysplasia, skeletal malformations, Hirschsprung disease, Ear/eye anomalies, cleft palate/cryptorchidism, and kidney dysplasia/hypoplasia
  • ichthyosis follicularis-alopecia-photophobia syndrome

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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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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