Achalasia - Addisonianism - Alacrimia syndrome: A rare inherited disorder characterized mainly by achalasia, alacrimia (absent tears) and Addison's disease. Addison's disease involves adrenal insufficiency due to a resistance to adrenocorticotropic hormone. Only about 70 cases reported worldwide. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Achalasia - Addisonianism - Alacrimia syndrome is available below.
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Achalasia - Addisonianism - Alacrimia syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Achalasia - Addisonianism - Alacrimia syndrome, or a subtype of Achalasia - Addisonianism - Alacrimia syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Achalasia - Addisonianism - Alacrimia syndrome as a "rare disease".
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