Jacobs syndrome

Introduction: Jacobs syndrome

Description of Jacobs syndrome

Jacobs syndrome (medical condition): A rare chromosomal genetic syndrome where the male person has an extra Y male chromosome, becoming XYY instead of normal XY (male) or XX (female). The person is male and may be mostly normal, or may suffer from minor features from excess male ...more

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Jacobs syndrome: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Jacobs syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Jacobs syndrome, or a subtype of Jacobs syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Jacobs syndrome as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Jacobs syndrome as a Disease

Jacobs syndrome (medical condition): See Jacobs syndrome (disease information).
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Jacobs syndrome: Related Diseases

Jacobs syndrome: Jacobs syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sex chromosome conditions
• Intersex conditions
• Y Chromosome Disorders
• X Chromosome Disorders

More information on medical condition: Jacobs syndrome:

• Information about Jacobs syndrome
• Basic Summary for Jacobs syndrome
• Symptoms of Jacobs syndrome
• Complications of Jacobs syndrome

Jacobs syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Jacobs syndrome:

• extra Y chromosome
• learning problems at school
• delayed emotional maturity
• Klinefelter's syndrome

Terms associated with Jacobs syndrome:

Terms Similar to Jacobs syndrome:

• Arthropathy camptodactyly syndrome
• CAP Syndrome
• Camptodactyly arthropathy pericarditis syndrome
• Camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxa vara-pericarditis syndrome
• Congenital familial hypertrophic synovitis
• Fibrosing serositis, familial
• PAC syndrome
• Pericarditis arthropathy camptodactyly syndrome

Source - NIH

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