PROSOPAGNOSIA, HEREDITARY

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: PROSOPAGNOSIA, DEVELOPMENTAL
PROSOPAGNOSIA, CONGENITAL
FACE BLINDNESS
Number of Symptoms 3
OrphanetNr:
OMIM Id: 610382
ICD-10:
UMLs:
MeSH:
MedDRA:
Snomed:

Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: No data available.
Inheritance: Autosomal dominant inheritance
[Omim]
Age of onset:

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: No data available.

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0010528) Prosopagnosia 1 / 7739
2
(HPO:0000006) Autosomal dominant inheritance 2518 / 7739
3
(OMIM) Inability to recognize someone familiar by the face alone 1 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

Additional Information:

Description: (OMIM) Prosopagnosia is the inability to recognize someone by the face alone, in the absence of sensory or intellectual impairment (Schwarzer et al., 2006). Almost all reported cases are of the acquired form, but there is evidence for a ...
Clinical Description OMIM McConachie (1976) described a 12-year-old girl who had never been able to recognize any but the most familiar faces. Examination and testing revealed some evidence of right hemisphere abnormality on EEG, some directional confusion and disturbance of topographic ...
Population genetics OMIM From a survey conducted in 3 local high schools and 1 university in Germany, Kennerknecht et al. (2006) analyzed 689 completed questionnaires and identified 65 individuals who were 'highly suspicious' for congenital prosopagnosia. After in-depth interviews of 43 ...