Cartilage-hair hypoplasia
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What is cartilage-hair hypoplasia?
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia is a genetic condition that impairs normal growth and development. It is characterized by short limbed dwarfism and other skeletal abnormalities, fine hairs, and immunodeficiency.
Common symptoms reported by people with cartilage-hair hypoplasia
Treatments taken by people with cartilage-hair hypoplasia

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Compare treatments taken by people with cartilage-hair hypoplasia

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Who has cartilage-hair hypoplasia on PatientsLikeMe?
- 3 patients have this condition
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 0 say cartilage-hair hypoplasia is their primary condition
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
<20 | 0 | |
20s | 1 | |
30s | 0 | |
40s | 0 | |
50s | 0 | |
60s | 0 | |
70+ | 1 |
Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
0-19 years | 0 | |
20-29 years | 0 | |
30-39 years | 0 | |
40-49 years | 0 | |
50-59 years | 0 | |
60-69 years | 0 | |
70+ years | 0 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Male | 0 | |
Female | 2 |
Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Diagnosed | 0 | |
Not Diagnosed | 0 |

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