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Rare diseases



In the database for rare diseases of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare you can find information about diseases or disorders which affect fewer than 100 people per million, and which lead to a marked degree of disability.

 


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Diagnosis Synonyms
11q deletion syndrome Jacobsen syndrome
13q deletion syndrome Monosomy 13q syndrome
1p36 deletion syndrome Monosomy 1p36
22q11 deletion syndrome DiGeorge syndrome, Velo-cardio-facial syndrome, CATCH 22
5p deletion syndrome  
Aarskog syndrome Faciogenital syndrome, Faciodigitogenital syndrome
AB variant of GM2 gangliosidosis  
Acid maltase deficiency  
Acquired epilectic aphasia  
Acrocephalosyndactyly type 1  
Acrocephalosyndaktyly type III  
Activator protein deficiency  
Acute intermittent porphyria AIP
Addison's disease Primary adrenal insufficiency
AGU  
Aicardi syndrome --
AIP  
AIS  
Alagille syndrome Arteriohepatic dysplasia
Albers-Schönberg disease  
Alexander disease --
Alfa-L-iduronidase deficiency  
Alpha-galactosidase A deficiency  
Alport syndrome --
ALPS  
ALS  
Alström syndrome Alström-Hallgren syndrome
Alström-Hallgren syndrome  
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS, Progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Progressive bulbar palsy, Pseudobulbar palsy, Primary...
Anderson-Fabry disease  
Androgen insensitivity syndrome AIS, Androgen resistance syndrome, Testicular feminisation syndrome
Androgen resistance syndrome  
Angelman syndrome --
Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum  
Angioosteohypertrophy syndrome  
Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia  
Aniridia  
Anonymous Brain disease of unknown cause
Apert syndrome Acrocephalosyndactyly type 1
Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency ASL deficiency
Arteriohepatic dysplasia  
ASL deficiency  
Aspartylglucosaminuria AGU
AT  
Ataxia telangiectasia AT, Louis–Bar syndrome
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome ALPS, Canale-Smith syndrome
Axenfeld anomaly  
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome Axenfeld anomaly, Rieger anomaly
Bartter syndrome  
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome Primary renal tubular hypokalemic alkalosis, Hyperprostaglandin E syndrome, Familial...
Becker myotonia  
Behçet disease --
Benign essential blepharospasm  
Best vitelliform macular dystrophy --
Blackfan Diamond anaemia  
Bladder exstrophy --
Blepharospasm Benign essential blepharospasm
Bourneville disease  
Brain disease of unknown cause  
Bruton disease/agammaglobulinemia  
Bullous ichthyosis  
BVMD  
CADASIL Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
Canale-Smith syndrome  
Cardiocutaneous syndrome  
Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome CFC
Cat eye syndrome --
CATCH 22  
CCHS  
Central core disease --
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy  
Cerebral gigantism  
CF  
CFC  
Childhood disintegrative disorder Heller syndrome
Chondroectodermal dysplasia  
Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome  
Chromosome 1, 1p36 deletion syndrome  
Chromosome 1, Monosomy 1p36  
Chromosome 13, 13q deletion syndrome  
Chromosome 13, Monosomy 13q syndrome  
Chromosome 22, 22q11 deletion syndrome  
Chromosome 22, CATCH 22  
Chromosome 5, 5p deletion syndrome  
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy  
Churg-Strauss syndrome --
CIDP Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
CJD  
Cockayne syndrome --
Comel-Netherton syndrome  
Common variable immunodeficiency CVID, Hypogammaglobulinaemia
Congenital aniridia Aniridia
Congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome  
Congenital brittle bone disease  
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome CCHS
Congenital dystrophia myotonica  
Congenital hypoplastic anaemia  
Congenital insensitivity to pain  
Congenital myasthenia --
Congenital myotonia Myotonia congenita, Thomsen disease, Becker myotonia
Congenital spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Costello syndrome Faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome, FCS syndrome
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CJD
Cri du chat syndrome 5p deletion syndrome
Crouzon syndrome --
CVID  
Cystic fibrosis CF, Pancreatic cystic fibrosis, Muscoviscidosis
Cystinosis --
Danon disease Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2, LAMP2
Darier disease Keratosis follicularis
DBA  
De Morsier syndrome  
Dermatomyositis --
Devic disease  
Diamond Blackfan anaemia DBA, Blackfan Diamond anaemia, Congenital hypoplastic anaemia
DiGeorge syndrome  
Duplication 17p11.2 syndrome  
Dyskeratosis congenita Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
Dystrophia myotonica type 1  
Dystrophia myotonica type 2  
Early-onset retinitis pigmentosa  
Ectodermal dysplasia  
Edwards syndrome  
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and Weyers acrofacial dysostosis Chondroectodermal dysplasia
Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis  
Erythropoietic protoporphyria Porphyria, erythropoietic protoporphyria, Inherited ferrochelatase deficiency
Eulenburg disease  
Fabry disease Anderson-Fabry disease, Alpha-galactosidase A deficiency, Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum
Faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome  
Faciodigitogenital syndrome  
Faciogenital syndrome  
Familial amyloid neuropathy type IV  
Familial hypocalcaemia with hypercalciuria  
Familial hypokalemia-hypomagnesemia  
Familial isolated hypoparathyroidism  
Fanconi anaemia --
FCS syndrome  
Floating Harbor syndrome Pelletier-Leisti syndrome
Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome  
Franceschetti-Klein syndrome  
Gaucher disease Morbus Gaucher
Gelsolin amyloidosis Familial amyloid neuropathy type IV, Meretoja syndrome, Hereditary amyloidosis, Finnish type
Gillespie syndrome --
Gitelman syndrome  
Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome GLUT1 deficiency syndrome
GLUT1 deficiency syndrome  
Glutaric acidemia type 1  
Glutaric aciduria type 1 Glutaric acidaemia type 1, Glutaryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
Glutaryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency  
Glycogenosis type II  
Glycogenosis type V  
Glycogenosis type VII  
GM2 gangliosidoses Hexosaminidase A deficiency, Tay-Sachs disease, Hexosaminidase B deficiency, Sandhoff disease,...
Goldenhar syndrome Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum, OAVS, Hemifacial microsomia
Goodpasture disease --
HAE  
Heller syndrome  
Hemifacial microsomia  
Hepatolenticular degeneration  
Hereditary amyloidosis, Finnish type  
Hereditary angioedema HAE
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type V HSAN V, Congenital insensitivity to pain
Heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis  
Hexosaminidase A deficiency  
Hexosaminidase B deficiency  
HIES  
Homocystinuria --
Hoyeraal-Hreidarssons syndrome  
HSAN V  
Hunter syndrome Mucopolysaccharidosis type II, MPS II, Iduronate sulfatase deficiency
Huntington chorea  
Huntington disease HD, Huntington chorea, Juvenile Huntington disease
Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndromes Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (IH, IH/S, IS); MPS I (IH, IH/S, IS), Alfa-L-iduronidase deficiency
Hyper IgE syndrome Job disease, Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, HIES
Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome  
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis and Paramyotonia congenita HyperPP, Eulenburg disease
HyperPP  
Hyperprostaglandin E syndrome  
Hypogammaglobulinaemia  
Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, Ectodermal dysplasia, Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome
Hypoparathyroidism Familial isolated hypoparathyroidism, X-linked recessive hypoparathyroidism, Familial hypocalcaemia...
Ichthyosis Bullous ichthyosis, Lamellar ichthyosis
Idic (15) syndrome  
Iduronate sulfatase deficiency  
Immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked  
Inherited ferrochelatase deficiency  
IPEX syndrome Immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy, X-linked; IPEX-like syndrom
IPEX-like syndrome  
Isaacs syndrome --
Isochromosome 12p syndrome  
Isochromosome 18p syndrome Tetrasomy 18p
Isodicentric 15 syndrome  
Jacobsen syndrome  
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome JLNS, Surdo-cardiac syndrome, Long QT syndrome, LQTS
JLNS  
Job disease  
Juvenile Huntington disease  
Kabuki makeup syndrome  
Kabuki syndrome Kabuki makeup syndrome, Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome
Kennedy disease Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy, X-linked; SBMA
Keratosis follicularis  
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, Angioosteohypertrophy syndrome
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome  
Kostmann disease  
Lamellar ichthyosis  
LAMP2  
Landau-Kleffner syndrome Acquired epilectic aphasia
Langer-Giedion syndrome  
Late-onset spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda
LCA  
LCHAD deficiency Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Leber congenital amaurosis LCA, Early-onset retinitis pigmentosa
LEOPARD syndrome Noonan syndrome with muliple lentigines, Cardiocutaneous syndrome
LGMD  
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy LGMD
Long QT syndrome  
Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency  
Louis-Bar syndrome  
LPI  
LQTS  
Lysinuric protein intolerance LPI
Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2  
Machado-Joseph disease/SCA3  
Malignant hyperthermia --
Mandibulofacial dysostosis  
Maple syrup urine disease MSUD
Marble bone disease  
Marker chromosome 15 syndrome Idic (15) syndrome, Isodicentric 15 syndrome
McArdle disease Glycogenosis type V, Myophosphorylase deficiency
McCune-Albright syndrome --
MCPH  
MED  
Meretoja syndrome  
Microcephaly vera  
Moebius syndrome  
Mohr syndrome (OFD II)  
Monosomy 13q syndrome  
Monosomy 1p36  
Morbus Gaucher  
Motor neurone disease  
MPS I (IH, IH/S, IS)  
MPS II  
MPS III  
MSUD  
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (IH, IH/S, IS)  
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II  
Mucopolysaccharidosis type III  
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia MED
Muscoviscidosis  
Myophosphorylase deficiency  
Myotonia congenita  
Myotonic dystrophy Steinert disease, Dystrophia myotonica type 1, Congenital dystrophia myotonica, Dystrophia...
Möbius sequence  
Möbius syndrome Moebius syndrome, Möbius sequence
Nemaline myopathy --
Netherton syndrome Comel-Netherton syndrome
Neuromyelitis optica NMO, Devic disease
Neuromyotonia  
Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome  
NMO  
Noonan syndrome --
Noonan syndrome with muliple lentigines  
OAVS  
Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum  
OFD I and II  
OI  
ONH syndrome  
Opercular syndrome  
Optic nerve hypoplasia ONH syndrome, Septo-optic dysplasia, De Morsier syndrome
Orofaciodigital syndromes I and II Orol-facial-digital syndromes I and II, OFD I and II, Papillon-Léage-Psaume syndrome (OFD I), Mohr...
Orol-facial-digital syndromes I and II  
Osteogenesis imperfecta OI, Congenital brittle bone disease
Osteopetrosis Albers-Schönberg disease, Marble bone disease
Pachyonychia congenita PC
Pallister-Killian syndrome Isochromosome 12p syndrome, Tetrasomy 12p syndrome
PAN  
Pancreatic cystic fibrosis  
Papillon-Léage-Psaume syndrome (OFD I)  
Paramyotonia congenita  
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria PNH
PC  
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease PMD
Pelletier-Leisti syndrome  
Perisylvian syndrome Congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome, Opercular syndrome, Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome,...
Pfeiffer syndrome --
Phenylketonuria PKU
Phosphofructokinase deficiency  
PKU  
PMD  
PNH  
Polyarteritis nodosa PAN
Polymyositis --
Pompe disease Glycogenosis type II, Acid maltase deficiency
Porphyria, acute intermittent porphyria  
Porphyria, erythropoietic protoporphyria  
Potocki-Lupski syndrome Duplication 17p11.2 syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome PWS
Primary adrenal insufficiency  
Primary lateral sclerosis  
Primary microcephaly Primary microcephaly (autosomal recessive), Microcephaly vera, MCPH
Primary microcephaly (autosomal recessive)  
Primary renal tubular hypokalemic alkalosis  
Progressive bulbar palsy  
Progressive spinal muscular atrophy  
PROMM  
Proximal myotonic myopathy,  
Pseudoachondroplasia --
Pseudobulbar palsy  
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum PXE
PWS  
PXE  
Refsum disease Heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
Retinoblastoma --
Rett syndrome --
Rieger anomaly  
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome --
Russell-Silver syndrome  
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome Acrocephalosyndaktyly type III
Sandhoff disease  
Sanfilippo syndrome Mucopolysaccharidosis type III, MPS III
SBMA  
SCA  
SCA1  
SCA2  
SCA3/Machado-Joseph disease  
SCA6  
SCA7  
SCA8  
SCID  
SCN  
SDS  
Septo-optic dysplasia  
Severe combined immunodeficiency SCID
Severe congenital neutropenia SCN, Kostmann disease
Sex-linked agammaglobulinemia  
Sex-linked gammaglobulin deficiency  
Shwachman Diamond syndrome  
Shwachman syndrome Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, SDS
Sickle cell anaemia --
Silver-Russell syndrome Russell-Silver syndrome
SLO syndrome  
SLOS  
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome SLOS, SLO syndrome
Sotos syndrome Cerebral gigantism
Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy, X-linked  
Spinocerebellar ataxia, dominantly inherited forms SCA, SCA1, SCA2, SCA3/Machado-Joseph disease, Machado-Joseph disease/SCA3, SCA6, SCA7, SCA8
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita  
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda  
SSADH deficiency  
Steinert disease  
Sturge-Weber syndrome SWS, Sturge-Weber-Dimitri syndrome, Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis
Sturge-Weber-Dimitri syndrome  
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency SSADH deficiency
Surdo-cardiac syndrome  
SWS  
Takayasu arteritis --
TAR syndrome --
Tarui disease Glycogenosis type VII, Phosphofructokinase deficiency
Tay-Sachs disease  
Testicular feminisation syndrome  
Tetrasomy 12p syndrome  
Tetrasomy 18p  
Thalassemia --
Thomsen disease  
Treacher Collins syndrome Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Franceschetti-Klein syndrome
Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome TRPS, Langer-Giedion syndrome
Trisomy 18 syndrome Edwards syndrome
TRPS  
TSC  
Tuberous sclerosis Tuberous sclerosis complex, TSC, Bourneville disease
Tuberous sclerosis complex  
Tyrosinemia type 1 --
Usher syndrome --
VACTERL association VATER association
WAGR  
WAGR syndrome Wilms tumour, aniridia, genital abnormalities and retardation; WAGR
Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis  
VATER association  
Velo-cardio-facial syndrome  
Weyers acrofacial dysostosis  
WHIM syndrome Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis, Zuelzer-Krills syndrome
Williams syndrome Williams-Beuren syndrome
Williams-Beuren syndrome  
Wilms tumour, aniridia, genital abnormalities and retardation  
Wilson disease Hepatolenticular degeneration
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome --
Worster-Drought syndrome  
X-linked agammaglobulinemia Bruton disease/agammaglobulinemia, Sex-linked gammaglobulin deficiency, Sex-linked...
X-linked recessive hypoparathyroidism  
Zuelzer-Krills syndrome  


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