Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Nasogastric tube feeding in infancy
HP:0011470
What it means
Feeding problem necessitating nasogastric tube feeding.
This is a severe form of feeding problems in infancy.
Rare diseases that can present with this30
Common30–79%
4Sometimes5–29%
22- 7q31microdeletion syndrome
- Combined oxidative phosphorylation defect type 39
- Congenital fiber-type disproportion myopathy
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with severe intellectual disability
- CTCF-related neurodevelopmental disorder
- DYRK1A-related intellectual disability syndrome due to 21q22.13q22.2 microdeletion
- Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, Okinawa type
- Hypotonia-speech impairment-severe cognitive delay syndrome
and 14 more in this range
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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