Intellectual disability-spasticity-ectrodactyly syndrome, also known as Jancar syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by severe intellectual disability, hereditary spastic paraplegia and defects of the distal limbs such as syndactyly, ectrodactyly and clinodactyly. Only three families, in England and Israel, have been described in the medical literature.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXVII: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category) Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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Genetic disorders are caused by errors in genetic information that produce diseases in the affected people.
3. Wikipedia: Intellectual disability-spasticity-ectrodactyly syndrome
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Intellectual disability-spasticity-ectrodactyly syndrome, also known as Jancar syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder which is characterized by severe intellectual disabilities, hereditary spastic paraplegia, and defects of the distal limbs, such as syndactyly, ectrodactyly, and clinodactyly.
Lead section, transmission-route statement
Intellectual disability-spasticity-ectrodactyly syndrome, also known as Jancar syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder which is characterized by severe intellectual disabilities, hereditary spastic paraplegia, and defects of the distal limbs, such as syndactyly, ectrodactyly, and clinodactyly.
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