What is Behr syndrome?
• Behr syndrome: A rare inherited neurological condition characterized by spastic paraplegia and sometimes optic atrophy. • Behr syndrome: Ataxia, optic atrophy, neurologic signs, mental retardation, spinocerebellar degeneration, and visual disorders. Source – Diseases Database Behr syndrome is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Behr syndrome, or a subtype of Behr syndrome, 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 Behr syndrome as a “rare disease”.
