Childhood-onset progressive contractures–limb-girdle weakness–muscle dystrophy syndrome is a very rare genetic muscle disease. In this condition, a child ...

Childhood-onset nemaline myopathy is a rare muscle disease that starts in later childhood, not at birth. It is also called the mild form of nemaline myopathy. ...

Childhood-onset motor and cognitive regression syndrome with extrapyramidal movement disorder is a very rare brain disease that starts in young children. At ...

Childhood-onset benign chorea with striatal involvement is a very rare genetic movement disorder that starts in childhood and mainly causes fast, jerky, ...

Childhood-onset autosomal recessive myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia is a very rare genetic muscle disease. It mainly affects the muscles that move the ...

Childhood type dermatomyositis is usually called juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). It is a rare disease where a child’s own defense system (immune system) ...

Childhood dermatomyositis (often called juvenile dermatomyositis, JDM) is a rare disease where a child’s immune system attacks tiny blood vessels in the skin ...

Childhood encephalopathy due to thiamine pyrophosphokinase deficiency is a very rare genetic brain disease that starts in babies or young children. In this ...

Heller syndrome is an old name for a rare brain and development problem in children. Doctors now usually call it childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), and ...

Dementia infantilis is an old name for a rare brain and development problem that is now called childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) or Heller syndrome. It ...

Paediatric astrocytoma of the cerebellum is a brain tumour that starts from special support cells in the brain called astrocytes, in the back part of the brain ...

A cerebellum childhood astrocytic tumor is a brain tumor that grows from “astrocytes,” which are star-shaped support cells in the brain, inside the cerebellum ...

Childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm is a brain tumor that starts from special support cells in the brain called astrocytes. These cells are star-shaped ...

A pediatric carcinoid tumor (also called a childhood gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor) is a rare type of cancer that starts in special hormone-making ...

Paediatric brain stem glioma is a tumour made from “glial cells” (support cells in the brain) that grows in the brain stem of a child. The brain stem is the ...

Paediatric acute lymphogenous leukaemia (usually called childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia or ALL) is a blood cancer in children. In this disease, the ...

Childhood acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) is a blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, the soft part inside bones where new blood cells are made. In this ...

X-linked dominant congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform nevus and limb defects is usually called CHILD syndrome. It is a very rare genetic disease ...

Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects is usually called CHILD syndrome. It is a very rare genetic condition. “Congenital” ...

CHILD syndrome is a very rare genetic disease that starts before birth. It mainly affects one side of the body. The name “CHILD” is an English short form ...