fragile X syndrome
congenital disorder of nervous system
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Summary
fragile X syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,295 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: designated intractable/rare disease[3], class of disease[4]
- Named after: Julia Bell[5]
- Subclass of: X-linked intellectual disability[6], overgrowth syndrome[7], X-linked dominant disease[8], syndrome[9]
- Commons category: Fragile X syndrome[10]
- Prevalence: 0.00014[11], 0.00009[12]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4612[13]
- ICD-9-CM: 759.83[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84717[15]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[16], pediatrics[17], neurology[18]
- Genetic association: FMR1[19]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14261[20], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:14261[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[22]
Why It Matters
fragile X syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]