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ORPHA:324737Disease
Also called CDG syndrome type Iq · CDG-Iq · CDG1Q · Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1q · Congenital disorder of glycosylation type Iq
What it is
SRD5A3-CDG is a rare, non X-linked congenital disorder of glycosylation due to steroid 5 alpha reductase type 3 deficiency characterized by a highly variable phenotype typically presenting with severe visual impairment, variable ocular anomalies (such as optic nerve hypoplasia/atrophy, iris and optic nerve coloboma, congenital cataract, glaucoma), intellectual disability, cerebellar abnormalities, nystagmus, hypotonia, ataxia, and/or ichthyosiform skin lesions. Other reported manifestations include retinitis pigmentosa, kyphosis, congenital heart defects, hypertrichosis and abnormal coagulation.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Infancy, 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.
Signs and symptoms
Very common80–99%
4Common30–79%
12Sometimes5–29%
14- Abnormal cardiovascular system morphology
- Abnormality of coagulation
- Abnormality of the cerebellar vermis
- Abnormal sacrum morphology
- Cerebellar atrophy
- Decreased response to growth hormone stimulation test
- Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentration
- Hypothyroidism
and 6 more in this range
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.
Gene
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.
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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