Abdallat–Davis–Farrage syndrome

Abdallat Davis Farrage syndrome
Abdallat–Davis–Farrage syndrome has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
SpecialtyNeurology 
SymptomsAlbinism, irregular decreased skin pigmentation, excessive freckling, insensitivity to pain, peripheral neuropathy, and paraparesis/quadraparesis.
Named afterAdnan Abdallat

Abdallat–Davis–Farrage syndrome is a form of phakomatosis, a disease of the central nervous system accompanied by skin abnormalities. It is characterized by abnormal skin pigmentation.

The condition is named after the team of medical professionals who first wrote it up, describing the appearance of the syndrome in a family from Jordan. It was characterized in 1980 by Adnan Abdallat, a Jordanian doctor.

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