Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Falls
HP:0002527
In everyday care
Most people with this sign do not have a rare disease — it appears in common conditions far more often. These general reference pages cover the same topic:
Rare diseases that can present with this26
Very common80–99%
5Common30–79%
11- Atypical progressive supranuclear palsy syndrome
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- Choreoacanthocytosis
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- Cyanide-induced parkinsonism-dystonia
- Focal stiff limb syndrome
- Friedreich ataxia
- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- PRKAR1B-related neurodegenerative dementia with intermediate filaments
- Progressive supranuclear palsy-predominant parkinsonism syndrome
- Richieri Costa-da Silva syndrome
Sometimes5–29%
8- 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency
- Autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia type 9A
- Giant axonal neuropathy
- Perioral myoclonia with absences
- Progressive supranuclear palsy-progressive non-fluent aphasia syndrome
- Progressive supranuclear palsy-pure akinesia with gait freezing syndrome
- Severe congenital nemaline myopathy
- Steinert myotonic dystrophy
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
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Start free with EleplanThis page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.