Microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome
Synonyms: Microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural deafness-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome
A rare genetic disease characterized by microcephaly global developmental delay intellectual disability abnormal muscle tone and sensorineural hearing impairment. Additional variable manifestations include epilepsy cortical visual impairment gastrointestinal disturbances growth restriction scoliosis as well as immunodeficiency and thrombocytopenia. Brain imaging may show cerebral atrophy thin corpus callosum and hypomyelination.
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Advocacy Organizations
DDX3X Foundation
Our mission is to connect families, resources, and the medical community to advance research for a treatment or cure to DDX3X Syndrome. Our ultimate goal is to accelerate brain function in individuals affected by DDX3X Syndrome through advances in cell and gene therapy and pharmaceuticals.
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COMBINEDBrain Inc
COMBINEDBrain is a consortium for outcome measures and biomarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders. We are collaborating to cure rare, non-verbal brain disorders.
Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia
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