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ICF syndrome

ICF syndrome: Introduction

ICF syndrome: A very rare, recessively inherited syndrome characterized mainly by a weak immune system and facial anomalies. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of ICF syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of ICF syndrome

• Unusual facial appearance
• Retarded growth
• Failure to thrive
• Psychomotor retardation
• Low IgG serum level
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 23 symptoms of ICF syndrome

ICF syndrome: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about ICF syndrome

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Less Common Symptoms of ICF syndrome

• Umbilical hernia
• Low set ears
• Wide set eyes
• Flat face
• Protruding tongue
• more symptoms...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with ICF syndrome?

• Misdiagnosis of ICF syndrome
• Hidden causes of ICF syndrome (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Causes of ICF syndrome

• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Bloom's syndrome
• Chronic granulomatous disease
• Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1
• Efalizumab
• more causes...»

See full list of 62 causes of ICF syndrome

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More information about causes of ICF syndrome:

• ICF syndrome as a symptom

Treatments for ICF syndrome

• Repeated immunoglogulin infusions
• Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency
• more treatments...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for ICF syndrome

Medical research articles related to ICF syndrome include:

• Infections in the Immunocompromised Host (Overview)
• Practice parameter for the diagnosis and management of primary immunodeficiency.
• more research...»

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Videos for ICF syndrome

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Reseach about ICF syndrome

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Prevention of ICF syndrome

Prevention information for ICF syndrome has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of ICF syndrome.

• Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency
• more preventions...»

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Definitions of ICF syndrome:

Variable immunodeficiency with centromeric instability of chromosomes 1, 9, 16 and, less frequently, chromosome 2. Manifestations vary and most common symptoms include facial dysmorphism, mental retardation and prolonged respiratory, cutaneous, and gastrointestinal infections. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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

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