Selective IgA Deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Selective IgA Deficiency, or a subtype of Selective IgA Deficiency,
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 Selective IgA Deficiency as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Selective IgA Deficiency: Introduction
Broader types of Selective IgA Deficiency:
Prevalance of Selective IgA Deficiency: 1 in 300 (NIDCD); 1 in 600 (NIAID); 1 in 333 Caucasians.
Prevalance Rate of Selective IgA Deficiency: approx 1 in 300 or 0.33% or 906,666 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Selective IgA Deficiency:
Approximately one out of 600
individuals have selective IgA deficiency. (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Race Profile for Selective IgA Deficiency: Among those with this disease, people of European ancestry greatly outnumber those of other ethnic groups. (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Complications of Selective IgA Deficiency:
see complications of Selective IgA Deficiency
Causes of Selective IgA Deficiency: see causes of Selective IgA Deficiency
Symptoms of Selective IgA Deficiency: see symptoms of Selective IgA Deficiency
Complications of Selective IgA Deficiency: see complications of Selective IgA Deficiency
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Selective IgA Deficiency
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Selective IgA Deficiency.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Selective IgA Deficiency.
Treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency:
see treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency
Research for Selective IgA Deficiency:
see research for Selective IgA Deficiency
Organs and body systems related to Selective IgA Deficiency include:
Main name of condition: Selective IgA Deficiency
Other names or spellings for Selective IgA Deficiency:IgA Deficiency, Gamma-A-globulin, selective deficiency of, mmunoglobulin A deficiency
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Selective IgA Deficiency:
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