Rare Diseases and Conditions

Our resource section provides information on various conditions to help educate carriers of the disease as well as caretakers.

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Aagenaes syndrome

Aarskog Syndrome

Aarskog-Scott Syndrome

Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome

Abdominal chemodectomas with cutaneous angiolipomas

Abdominal cystic lymphangioma

Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome

Aberrant subclavian artery

Abruzzo Erickson syndrome

Absence of Gluteal muscle

Absence of septum pellucidum

Absence of tibia with polydactyly

Absent duct of Santorini

Absent patella

Abuse dwarfism syndrome

Acalvaria

Acanthamoeba infection

Acanthocheilonemiasis

Acanthosis nigricans

Acardia

Acatalasemia

Accessory deep peroneal nerve

Accessory pancreas

Accutane embryopathy

Aceruloplasminemia

Acetyl-carnitine deficiency

Acetyl-coa acetyltransferase 2 deficiency

Achalasia

Achalasia microcephaly

Achard-Thiers syndrome

Achondroplasia

Achondrogenesis Type 1B

Achondroplasia and Swiss type agammaglobulinemia

Achromatopsia 3

Acid Ceramidase Deficiency

Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency

Acinic cell carcinoma

Acitretin embryopathy

Ackerman syndrome

Acoustic Neuroma

Acquired agranulocytosis

Acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia

Acquired Generalized Lipodystrophy (AGL)

Acquired ichthyosis

Acral dysostosis dyserythropoiesis

Acral lentiginous melanoma

Acro Dermato Ungual Lacrimal Tooth Syndrome

Acromegaly

Acro-pectoro-renal field defect

Activated PI3K-Delta Syndrome

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Addison’s Disease

Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC)

Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) Deficiency

ADNP Syndrome

Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency

Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)

Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease (APBD)

AGAT Deficiency

Aicardi Syndrome

Alagille Syndrome

Albinism

ALK Positive Lung Cancer

Alkaptonuria

Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome (AHDS)

Alopecia Areata

Alpers Syndrome

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AD)

Alpha-gal Syndrome

Alpha-Mannosidosis

Alport Syndrome

Alström Syndrome

Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood

Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia

Alzheimer’s Disease

Amniotic Band Syndrome

Amyloidosis

-Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Anal Cancer

Anaplasmosis

Anaplastic Astrocytoma

Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)

Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)

Anencephaly

Angelman Syndrome

Angiosarcoma of the Scalp

Aniridia

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)

Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Apert Syndrome

Aplastic Anemia

Arginase Deficiency Disorder

Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)

Ataxia-telangiectasia

Atrial Fibrillation (AF)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT)

Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)

Autism with Port-Wine Stain

Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy (AAG)

Autoimmune Hepatitis

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy

Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 (APS1)

Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2 (APS2)

Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 3 (APS3)

Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (aPAP)

Autoinflammatory Diseases

Avascular Necrosis

Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome

C

C3 Glomerulopathy

Calciphylaxis

Cantú Syndrome

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency

Carcinoid Syndrome

Carnitine Palmotoyltransferase II Deficiency

Caroli Disease

Carpenter Syndrome

CASQ2 Related Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)

Castleman Disease

Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES)

Caudal Regression Syndrome

CDKL5

Central Precocious Puberty

Centronuclear Myopathy

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)

Cervical Cancer

Cervical Dystonia

Chagas Disease

CHAMP1

Char Syndrome

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)

CHARGE Syndrome

Chang Davidson Carlson Syndrome

Chiari Malformation

Chikungunya Virus

Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia

Cholera

Cholestasis

Chondrosarcoma

Chordoma

Choroideremia

Chromosome 5q Duplication

Chromosome 15q Duplication

Chromosome 22 Ring

Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus (CAEBV)

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)

Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria (CIU)

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Chronic Lyme Disease

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)

Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)

Chronic Pancreatitis

Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Chronic Urticaria

Chudley Rozdilsky Syndrome

Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Citrullinemia Type 1

Cleidocranial Dysostosis

CLOVES Syndrome

Coats Disease

Coffin-Siris Syndrome

Cogan Syndrome

Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)

Colorectal Cancer

Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

Complement Component Deficiencies

Complete DiGeorge Syndrome

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Cone Dystrophy

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS)

Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly (CCA) Syndrome

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)

Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type 1a (CDG-1a)

Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia (CDA)

Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy (CGL)

Congenital Heart Block (CHB)

Congenital Hyperinsulinism

Congenital Leptin Deficiency

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD)

Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes (CMS)

Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome (CNS)

Congenital Nystagmus

Conradi-Hünermann Syndrome

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS)

Corticobasal Degeneration

Costello Syndrome

Cranioacrofacial Syndrome

Craniosynostosis

Creatine Transporter Deficiency (CTD)

Cri du Chat Syndrome

Crohn’s Disease

Crouzon Syndrome

Cryopyrin-Associated Autoinflammatory Syndromes (CAPS)

-Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS)

-Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS)

-Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID)

Cryptococcosis

CSF Leak

Cushing Disease

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC)

Cutaneous T-cell Lymphomas (CTCLs)

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)

Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Like 5 (CDKL5)

Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Cystic Hygroma

Cystinosis

Cystinuria

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

L

L1 Syndrome

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS)

Landau Kleffner Syndrome (LKS)

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Laron Syndrome

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA)

Laurence-Moon Syndrome

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)

Leigh Syndrome

Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)

LEOPARD Syndrome

Leptin Receptor Deficiency

Leukemia

Leukodystrophy

       –18q Syndrome

       –4H Syndrome

       –Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

       –Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)

      –Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)

       –Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome (AGS)

       –Alexander Disease (ALX)

       –CADASIL

       –Canavan Disease

       –Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis (CTX)

       –Childhood Ataxia with Central Nervous System Hypomyelination/Vanishing White Matter (CACH/VWM)

       –Hereditary Diffuse Leukoencephalopathy with Spheroids (HDLS)

       –Hypomyelination with Brainstem and Spinal Cord Involvement and Leg Spasticity (HBSL)

       –Krabbe Disease

       –Leukoencephalopathy with Brainstem and Spinal Cord Involvement and Lactate Elevation (LBSL)

       –Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts (MLC)

       –Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

       –Pelizaeus Merzbacher Disease (PMD)

       –Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome

       –X-Linked Spastic Paraplegia

       –Zellweger Spectrum Syndromes

                  –Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD)

                  –Refsum Disease

                  –Zellweger Syndrome

Leukoencephalopathy

Lewy Body Dementia

Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

Lichen Sclerosis 

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer

Lipodystrophy

Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD)

Liposarcoma

Lissencephaly

Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome (LPHS)

Long QT Syndrome

Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Lupus

     -Lupus Nephritis

Lyme Disease

Lynch Syndrome

Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (LAL-D)

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Mabry Syndrome

Macroglossia

Macular Degeneration

     – Wet Macular Degeneration

Madelung Disease

Malaria

Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis

Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Marfan Syndrome

Marginal Zone Lymphoma

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)

Mastocytosis

McCune Albright Syndrome (MAS)

Medium-Chain-3-Ketoacyl-Coa Thiolase (MCKAT) Deficiency

Medulloblastoma

Melanoma

Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (MRS)

Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN)

Membranous Nephropathy

Meniere’s Disease

Menkes Disease

Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Mesothelioma

     – Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Metastatic Melanoma

Methylmalonic Acidemia 

Methylmalonic Acidemia with Homocystinuria

-Methylmalonic Acidemia With Homocystinuria, Type cblD

Microcephaly

Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)

Microvillus Inclusion Disease (MVID)

Milroy Disease

Minimal Change Disease

Misophonia

Mitochondrial Diseases

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)

MOG Antibody Disease (MOGAD)

Moebius Syndrome

Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency

Mood Disorders

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)

Motor Neuron Disease

Mowat-Wilson Syndrome

Moyamoya Disease

MPS I (Hurler Syndrome)

MPS II (Hunter Syndrome)

MPS III (Sanfilippo Syndrome)

MPS IV (Morquio Syndrome)

MPS VI (Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome)

Mucolipidoses (ML)

-Mucolipidosis Type I (ML I or Sialidosis)

-Mucolipidosis Type II (ML II or I-Cell Disease)

Mucolipidosis Type III (ML III or Pseudo-Hurler Polydystrophy)

-Mucolipidosis Type IV (ML IV)

Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN)

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1)

Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia (MED)

Multiple Hereditary Exostoses

Multiple Myeloma

Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency (MSD)

Muscular Dystrophy

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Myasthenia Gravis

-Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG)

Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) Infection

Mycosis Fungoides

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Myositis

Myotonic Dystrophy

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Pachygyria

PACS1 Syndrome

Pancreatic Cancer

Pantothenate Kinase-associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)

Panuveitis

Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma (PRCC)

Paraganglioma

Parkes Weber Syndrome

Parkinson’s Disease

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

Parsonage Turner Syndrome (PTS)

Pearson Syndrome

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated With Strep (PANDAS)

Pediatric Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGID)

Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)

Pemphigus

Pericarditis

Periodic Paralysis (PP)

Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL)

Perthes Disease

Pfeiffer Syndrome

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Pheochromocytoma 

Pierre Robin Sequence

Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS)

Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

Platelet Storage Pool Deficiencies

Poland Syndrome

Polycystic Kidney Disease

     – Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)

     – Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD)

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Polycythemia Vera (PCV)

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Polymyositis

Pompe Disease

Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia

Porphyria

     – Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)

Post-Polio Syndrome

Potter Syndrome

Powassan Virus

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Primary Adrenal Insufficiency (AI)

Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)

Primary Carnitine Deficiency

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)

Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 (PH1)

Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2 (PH2)

Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases

-Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)

-Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

-Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)

      -Complete DiGeorge Syndrome (22g11.2 deletion)

       –WHIM Syndrome

Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Primary Liver Cancer

Primary Mitochondrial Myopathy

Primary Myelofibrosis

Primary Periodic Paralysis (PPP)

-Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HyperKPP)

-Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis

Primary Peritoneal Cancer

Primary Progressive Aphasia

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Progeria

Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC)

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)

Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Deficiency

Propionic Acidemia

Protein C Deficiency

Proteinuria

Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA)

Psoriatic Arthritis

PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (PHTS)

-Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome

-Cowden Syndrome

-Proteus-like Syndrome

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

Pulmonary Fibrosis

PURA Syndrome

Pure Autonomic Failure (PAF)

Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PKD)

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