Frequencies of this disease are the greatest in Norway with a few Finnish cases have also having been noted to date. Some cases have been found in other ethnicities such as in people of Indian or Japanese descent as well as a north Italian family. These cases are scattered and there are potentially more under reported cases as this disease is often under diagnosed for other cutaneous diseases. It is most prevalent in a defined region in the middle of Norway and Sweden with a heterozygote carrier frequency of 1 in 50.
Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome
Infant respiratory distress syndrome
Blue baby syndrome
Neonatal conjunctivitis
Shaken baby syndrome
Michelin tire baby syndrome
Neonatal meningitis
Tracheomalacia