Mental retardation X-linked, South African type: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, mutism, facial anomalies, epilepsy and weak eye muscles. Males tended to have severe mental retardation whereas female carriers had mild or no mental retardation. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Mental retardation X-linked, South African type is available below.
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Prognosis for Mental retardation X-linked, South African type: reduced life expectancy
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Mental retardation X-linked, South African type is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Mental retardation X-linked, South African type, or a subtype of Mental retardation X-linked, South African type,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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