List of genetic disorders


The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in these genes that causes the disease.

Most common disorders

Full genetic disorders list

DisorderChromosome or geneTypeReferencePrevalence
1p36 deletion syndrome1p36D1:7,500
18p deletion syndrome18pD1:50,000
21-hydroxylase deficiency6p21.3recessive1:15,000
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency14q32co-dominant,1:2,500-5,000
AAA syndrome AAASrecessive
Aarskog–Scott syndromeFGD1X-linked recessive1:25,000
ABCD syndromeEDNRBrecessive1:18,000-20,000
AceruloplasminemiaCP recessive1:2,000,000
AcheiropodiaLMBR1recessive
Achondrogenesis type IICOL2A1 dominant1:40,000-60,000
achondroplasiaFGFR3 dominant1:2,000
Acute intermittent porphyriaHMBSdominant and recessive forms1:500-50,000
adenylosuccinate lyase deficiencyADSLrecessive1:7,800,0000
AdrenoleukodystrophyABCD1 recessive1:17,000
Alagille syndromeJAG1, NOTCH2dominant1:30,000-50,000
ADULT syndromeTP63dominant
Aicardi–Goutières syndromeTREX1, RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C, SAMHD1, ADAR, IFIH11:19,500,000
Albinism1:18,000-20,000
Alexander diseaseGFAP1:15,600,000
alkaptonuriaHGD1:250,000-1,000,000
Alport syndrome10q26.13 COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A51:5,000-10,000
Alternating hemiplegia of childhoodATP1A31:1,000,000
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisFrontotemporal dementiaC9orf72, SOD1, FUS, TARDBP, CHCHD10, MAPT1:100,000
Alström syndromeALMS11:8,600,000
Alzheimer's diseasePSEN1, PSEN2, APP, APOEε41:177
Amelogenesis imperfecta1:14,000
Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency porphyriaALAD1:780,000,000
Androgen insensitivity syndrome1:20,000-50,000
Angelman syndromeUBE3A1:12,000-20,000
Apert syndromeFGFR21:65,000-80,000
Arthrogryposis–renal dysfunction–cholestasis syndromeVPS33B1:78,000,000
Ataxia telangiectasiaATM1:40,000-1,000,000
Axenfeld syndromePITX2, FOXO1A, FOXC1, PAX61:200,000
Beare–Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome10q26, FGFR21:390,000,000
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndromeIGF-2, CDKN1C, H19, KCNQ1OT11:15,000
Benjamin syndrome1:20,000,000
biotinidase deficiencyBTD1:110,000,000
Björnstad syndromeBCS1L1:260,000,000
Bloom syndrome15q26.11:480,000
Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome17 FLCN1:19,500,000
Brody myopathyATP2A11:10,000,000
Brunner syndromeMAOA1:500,000,000
CADASIL syndromeNOTCH3P1:156,000,000
CRASIL syndromeHTRA11:156,000,000
Chronic granulomatous disorder1:200,000
Campomelic dysplasiaX 17q24.3–q25.1C1:40,000-200,000
Canavan diseaseASPA1:6,400-13,500
Carpenter SyndromeRAB231:1,000,000