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immune dysregulation-polyendocrinopathy-enteropathy-X-linked syndrome

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Disease Overview

Immunodysregulation – polyendocrinopathy – enteropathy – X-linked (IPEX) syndrome is a severe congenital systemic autoimmune disease characterized by refractory diarrhea, endocrinopathies, cutaneous involvement, and infections.

Synonyms

  • DMSD
  • IDDM secretory diarrhea syndrome
  • IDDM secretory diarrhoea syndrome
  • IDDM-secretory diarrhea syndrome
  • IDDM-secretory diarrhoea syndrome
  • IMMUNODYSREGULATION, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked
  • IPEX
  • IPEX syndrome
  • Iddm-secretory diarrhea syndrome
  • Iddm-secretory diarrhoea syndrome
  • Immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy X-linked
  • X linked polyendocrinopathy
  • X-linked autoimmunity-allergic dysregulation syndrome
  • XLAAD
  • XPID
  • autoimmune enteropathy type 1
  • autoimmunity-immunodeficiency syndrome X-linked
  • autoimmunity-immunodeficiency syndrome, X-linked
  • diabetes mellitus, congenital insulin-dependent, with fatal secretory diarrhea
  • diabetes mellitus, congenital insulin-dependent, with fatal secretory diarrhoea
  • diarrhea, polyendocrinopathy, fatal infection syndrome, X-linked
  • enteropathy, autoimmune, with hemolytic Anaemia and polyendocrinopathy
  • enteropathy, autoimmune, with hemolytic Anemia and polyendocrinopathy
  • immune dysfunction and diarrhea syndrome
  • immune dysfunction and diarrhoea syndrome
  • immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy X-linked syndrome
  • immunodeficiency, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked
  • immunodeficiency, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked, formerly
  • immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked
  • immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked, X-linked recessive
  • islets of Langerhans, absence of
  • polyendocrinopathy, immune dysfunction and diarrhea X-linked
  • polyendocrinopathy, immune dysfunction and diarrhoea X-linked
  • polyendocrinopathy, immune dysfunction, and diarrhea, X-linked
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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