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Intellectual disability, Buenos-Aires type is a rare intellectual disability syndrome characterized by growth retardation, microcephaly, characteristic facial features (including narrow forehead, bushy eyebrows, hypertelorism, small, downward-slanting palpebral fissures with blepharoptosis, malformed and low-set ears, broad straight nose, thin upper lip, and a wide, tented mouth), developmental delay, intellectual disability, speech disorder, and multiple organ malformations (e.g. ventricular septal defect, megaloureter, dilated renal pelvis). Additional manifestations reported include neurocutaneous lesions (including palmoplantar hyperkeratosis), internal hydrocephalus, and bilateral partial soft-tissue syndactyly of second and third toe.
Biomarker and diagnostic research for intellectual disability, Buenos-Aires type has been reported in the published literature.
Estimated prevalence: <1 in 1,000,000 (VERY_RARE).
No clinical trials have been registered for intellectual disability, Buenos-Aires type.
10 publications have been identified in PubMed for intellectual disability, Buenos-Aires type. Research spans Epidemiology / Natural History (33%), Review / Meta-Analysis (22%), and Case Report / Case Series (22%).
Cheong I (2026). [PMID: 42083064](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42083064/). *J Clin Ultrasound*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Andrés ME (2025). [PMID: 39467110](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39467110/). *Arch Argent Pediatr*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Romagnoli AS (2025). [PMID: 40032500](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40032500/). *J Appl Res Intellect Disabil*. [Diagnostic / Biomarker]
Muenzer J (2025). [PMID: 40598289](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40598289/). *Orphanet J Rare Dis*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Jaramillo IO (2025). [PMID: 39976656](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39976656/). *Discov Ment Health*. [Other]
Data assembled from 4 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 18, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Lee Y (2025). [PMID: 40376492](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40376492/). *Front Psychol*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
GBD 2023 Demographics Collaborators (2025). [PMID: 41092927](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41092927/). *Lancet*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Loza Hernandez F (2024). [PMID: 39635599](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39635599/). *Front Med (Lausanne)*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]