What is Mulibrey Nanism syndrome?
What is Mulibrey Nanism syndrome?
- Mulibrey Nanism syndrome: A very rare inherited malformation characterized by very small stature (dwarfism), pericardial constriction and yellow dots in fundus of the eye.
- Mulibrey Nanism syndrome: Growth retardation associated with muscle, liver, brain, and eye abnormalities marked by hypotonia, congestive pericarditis with elevated venous pressure, triangular face often with hydrocephaloid skull, hepatomegaly, yellowish dots and pigment dispersion in the fundus oculi, and borderline mental deficiency Most reported cases come from Finland.
Source - Diseases Database
Mulibrey Nanism syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Mulibrey Nanism syndrome, or a subtype of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Mulibrey Nanism syndrome: Introduction
How serious is Mulibrey Nanism syndrome?
Complications of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome:
see complications of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
What causes Mulibrey Nanism syndrome?
Causes of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome: see causes of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
What are the symptoms of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome?
Symptoms of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome:
see symptoms of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
Complications of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome:
see complications of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
Mulibrey Nanism syndrome: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Mulibrey Nanism syndrome.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Mulibrey Nanism syndrome.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Mulibrey Nanism syndrome:
see treatments for Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
Name and Aliases of Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
Main name of condition: Mulibrey Nanism syndrome
Other names or spellings for Mulibrey Nanism syndrome:
Muscle-liver-brain-eye nanism, Mulibrey Nanism Syndrome (Perheentupa Syndrome), Pericardial Constriction and Growth Failure, Muscle-liver-brain Nanism, Perheentupa Syndrome, Constrictive Pericarditis with Dwarfism, Mulibrey Dwarfism
Perheentupa syndrome
Source - Diseases Database
Dwarfism-pericarditis, Mulibrey dwarfism, Mulibrey nanism, Muscle-liver-brain-eye nanism, Perheentupa syndrome, Pericardial constriction with growth failure, Perheentupa syndrome, Pericardial constriction with growth failure, Dwarfism-pericarditis, Mulibrey dwarfism, Mulibrey nanism
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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