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Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome



Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Introduction

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by short stature, congenital heart defects skin anomalies and frontal bossing. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

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Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Complications

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Less Common Symptoms of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

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Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

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Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be causes...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are...read more »

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Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more...read more »

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Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Rare Types

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Definitions of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome:

A congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome marked by heart defects, characteristic facies, ectodermal abnormalities, and growth failure. CFC and Noonan syndromes are sometimes considered the same entity - (Source - Diseases Database)

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome, or a subtype of Cardiofaciocutaneous 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 Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet


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