Global developmental delay-osteopenia-ectodermal defect syndrome

What it is

A rare genetic disease characterized by global developmental delay with language and cognition deficiencies, behavioral problems, osteopenia, joint laxity, skin defects consisting of hyperkeratosis and sweat gland and melanocyte abnormalities with hypopigmented areas, and abnormal hair structure. Mild facial dysmorphism (prominent forehead, thick eyebrows, epicanthal folds, broad nasal bridge, long philtrum, and micrognathia), abnormalities of the teeth, and skeletal and cardiac anomalies have also been described.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Childhood

Inheritance

Unknown

Classified as

Malformation syndrome

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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