What is Aortic arch anomaly with peculiar facies and mental retardation?
• Aortic arch anomaly with peculiar facies and mental retardation: A very rare syndrome characterized by mental retardation, characteristic facial anomalies and abnormal position of the aorta. Aortic arch anomaly with peculiar facies and mental retardation is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Aortic arch anomaly with peculiar facies and mental retardation, or a subtype of Aortic arch anomaly with peculiar facies and mental retardation, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. Source – National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Aortic arch anomaly with peculiar facies and mental retardation as a “rare disease”.
