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Start free with EleplanIsolated generalized anhidrosis with normal sweat glands
ORPHA:468666Disease
What it is
A rare genetic skin disease characterized by congenital generalized anhidrosis resulting in severe heat intolerance, due to functionally impaired eccrine sweat production. Skin biopsy reveals normal morphology and number of sweat glands. Dental, hair, nail, or other skin or extracutaneous anomalies are absent.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- Classified as
- Disease
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.
Gene
ICD-10 codes
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.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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