EEM syndrome

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA, ECTRODACTYLY, AND MACULAR DYSTROPHY
Ectodermal dysplasia - ectrodactyly - macular dystrophy
Number of Symptoms 29
OrphanetNr: 1897
OMIM Id: 225280
ICD-10: Q87.8
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Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: 7 families [Orphanet]
Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
[Orphanet]
Age of onset: Neonatal
[Orphanet]

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: Ectodermal dysplasia syndrome
 -Rare developmental defect during embryogenesis
 -Rare genetic disease
 -Rare skin disease
Genetic macular dystrophy
 -Rare eye disease
 -Rare genetic disease
Syndrome with limb reduction defects
 -Rare bone disease
 -Rare developmental defect during embryogenesis

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0006482) Abnormality of dental morphology Very frequent [Orphanet] 81 / 7739
2
(HPO:0000164) Abnormality of the teeth Frequent [Orphanet] 291 / 7739
3
(HPO:0000653) Sparse eyelashes 58 / 7739
4
(HPO:0100840) Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the eyebrow Frequent [Orphanet] 117 / 7739
5
(HPO:0000691) Microdontia Frequent [Orphanet] 104 / 7739
6
(HPO:0009804) Reduced number of teeth Frequent [Orphanet] 137 / 7739
7
(HPO:0000687) Widely spaced teeth 40 / 7739
8
(HPO:0000535) Sparse and thin eyebrow 76 / 7739
9
(HPO:0001592) Selective tooth agenesis 16 / 7739
10
(HPO:0002209) Sparse scalp hair 59 / 7739
11
(HPO:0000670) Carious teeth Frequent [Orphanet] 145 / 7739
12
(HPO:0000478) Abnormality of the eye Frequent [Orphanet] 126 / 7739
13
(HPO:0007754) Macular dystrophy 26 / 7739
14
(HPO:0000488) Retinopathy Very frequent [Orphanet] 75 / 7739
15
(HPO:0000510) Rod-cone dystrophy Very frequent [Orphanet] 266 / 7739
16
(HPO:0008059) Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the macula Very frequent [Orphanet] 21 / 7739
17
(HPO:0000486) Strabismus Occasional [Orphanet] 576 / 7739
18
(HPO:0100257) Ectrodactyly 27 / 7739
19
(HPO:0009473) Joint contracture of the hand 84 / 7739
20
(HPO:0012385) Camptodactyly 113 / 7739
21
(HPO:0001159) Syndactyly 140 / 7739
22
(HPO:0001171) Split hand 72 / 7739
23
(HPO:0009380) Aplasia of the fingers Very frequent [Orphanet] 51 / 7739
24
(HPO:0006101) Finger syndactyly Frequent [Orphanet] 198 / 7739
25
(HPO:0001006) Hypotrichosis Very frequent [Orphanet] 219 / 7739
26
(HPO:0000968) Ectodermal dysplasia 46 / 7739
27
(HPO:0002225) Sparse pubic hair Very frequent [Orphanet] 76 / 7739
28
(OMIM) Normal sweating 13 / 7739
29
(HPO:0000007) Autosomal recessive inheritance 2538 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

Additional Information:

Clinical Description OMIM In an isolated population on a remote island in Japan, Ohdo et al. (1983) observed a kindred with 6 cases of ectodermal dysplasia, ectrodactyly associated with syndactyly or cleft hand or both, and macular dystrophy which was presumed ...
Molecular genetics OMIM In affected individuals with EEM from the Danish family previously reported by Albrectsen and Svendsen (1956) and the Brazilian family previously reported by Balarin Silva et al. (1999), Kjaer et al. (2005) identified homozygosity for mutations in CDH3: ...