Causes & Risk Factors Of Fraser Syndrome

Condition Statistics

Condition statistics claim both boys and girls are equally at risk of being born with Fraser syndrome. There are about 250 cases of Fraser syndrome in the world, and in Europe, it is seen in one out of 500 thousand births, including babies who die at birth or before birth. Geneticists believe every human has mutated genes, and they do not know the risk factors that would cause gene mutations that lead to Fraser syndrome. However, they have seen parents who are closely related have a higher risk of passing the mutated genes down to their offspring.

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