This table lists symptoms that people with this disease may have. For most diseases, symptoms will vary from person to person. People with the same disease may not have all the symptoms listed. This information comes from a database called the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) . The HPO collects information on symptoms that have been described in medical resources. The HPO is updated regularly. Use the HPO ID to access more in-depth information about a symptom.
| Medical Terms | Other Names | Learn More: HPO ID |
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| 80%-99% of people have these symptoms | ||
| Bulbar palsy | 0001283 | |
| Progressive hearing impairment | 0001730 | |
| 30%-79% of people have these symptoms | ||
| Abnormality of eye movement |
Abnormal eye movement
Abnormal eye movements
Eye movement abnormalities
Eye movement issue
[ more ]
|
0000496 |
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Difficulty articulating speech
|
0001260 | |
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Poor swallowing
Swallowing difficulties
Swallowing difficulty
[ more ]
|
0002015 | |
| Facial palsy |
Bell's palsy
|
0010628 |
| Hyporeflexia |
Decreased reflex response
Decreased reflexes
[ more ]
|
0001265 |
| Limb muscle weakness |
Limb weakness
|
0003690 |
| Muscular |
Low or weak muscle tone
|
0001252 |
| Myoclonus | 0001336 | |
|
Drooping upper eyelid
|
0000508 | |
| Respiratory insufficiency |
Respiratory impairment
|
0002093 |
| Skeletal muscle atrophy |
Muscle degeneration
Muscle wasting
[ more ]
|
0003202 |
| 5%-29% of people have these symptoms | ||
| Abnormal autonomic nervous system physiology | 0012332 | |
| Abnormality of color vision |
Abnormal color vision
|
0000551 |
| Abnormality of macular pigmentation | 0008002 | |
| Aggressive behavior |
Aggression
Aggressive behaviour
Aggressiveness
[ more ]
|
0000718 |
| 0001251 | ||
| Cachexia |
Wasting syndrome
|
0004326 |
| Cerebral cortical atrophy |
Decrease in size of the outer layer of the brain due to loss of brain cells
|
0002120 |
| Diabetes insipidus | 0000873 | |
|
Enlarged male breast
|
0000771 | |
| Hallucinations |
Hallucination
Sensory hallucination
[ more ]
|
0000738 |
| 0000822 | ||
|
Decreased activity of gonads
|
0000135 | |
|
Mental deficiency
Mental retardation
Mental retardation, nonspecific
Mental-retardation
[ more ]
|
0001249 | |
| Iris hypopigmentation |
Light eye color
|
0007730 |
| Optic disc pallor | 0000543 | |
|
Seizure
|
0001250 | |
| Sleep apnea |
Pauses in breathing while sleeping
|
0010535 |
| Tremor |
Tremors
|
0001337 |
| Visual impairment |
Impaired vision
Loss of eyesight
Poor vision
[ more ]
|
0000505 |
| Percent of people who have these symptoms is not available through HPO | ||
| Abnormal cerebellum morphology |
Abnormality of the cerebellum
Cerebellar abnormalities
Cerebellar abnormality
Cerebellar anomaly
[ more ]
|
0001317 |
| Ankle clonus |
Abnormal rhythmic movements of ankle
|
0011448 |
| 0000007 | ||
| Clumsiness | 0002312 | |
| Cranial nerve motor loss | 0007097 | |
| Diaphragmatic weakness |
Weak diaphragm
|
0009113 |
| External ophthalmoplegia |
Paralysis or weakness of muscles within or surrounding outer part of eye
|
0000544 |
| Hand muscle atrophy |
Hand muscle degeneration
|
0009130 |
| Juvenile onset |
Signs and symptoms begin before 15 years of age
|
0003621 |
| Knee clonus | 0011449 | |
| Kyphosis |
Hunched back
Round back
[ more ]
|
0002808 |
| Myopathic facies | 0002058 | |
| Neck muscle weakness |
Floppy neck
|
0000467 |
| Nocturnal hypoventilation | 0002877 | |
| 0009830 | ||
| Progressive |
Worsens with time
|
0003676 |
| Proximal muscle weakness |
Weakness in muscles of upper arms and upper legs
|
0003701 |
| Recurrent respiratory infections |
Frequent respiratory infections
Multiple respiratory infections
respiratory infections, recurrent
Susceptibility to respiratory infections
[ more ]
|
0002205 |
| Respiratory distress |
Breathing difficulties
Difficulty breathing
[ more ]
|
0002098 |
|
Abnormal curving of the spine
|
0002650 | |
| Sensorineural hearing impairment | 0000407 | |
| Stridor | 0010307 | |
| Tongue atrophy |
Wasting of the tongue
|
0012473 |
| Tongue fasciculations |
Tongue twitching
Twitching of the tongue
[ more ]
|
0001308 |
| Vocal cord paralysis |
Inability to move vocal cords
|
0001605 |
| Weak voice |
Soft voice
|
0001621 |
Making a diagnosis for a genetic or rare disease can often be challenging. Healthcare professionals typically look at a person’s medical history, symptoms, physical exam, and laboratory test results in order to make a diagnosis. The following resources provide information relating to diagnosis and testing for this condition. If you have questions about getting a diagnosis, you should contact a healthcare professional.
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Related diseases are conditions that have similar signs and symptoms. A health care provider may consider these conditions in the table below when making a diagnosis. Please note that the table may not include all the possible conditions related to this disease.
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Conditions with similar signs and symptoms from Orphanet
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Joubert syndrome, Madras motor neuron disease and Nathalie syndrome (see these terms) share many symptoms with RTD. Glutaric acidemia type 2 (see this term) may resemble early-onset RTD, however laboratory analyses revealing dicarboxylic glutaric, and ethylmalonic aciduria and suberylglycine with very low carnitine levels in plasma exclude RTD.
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