CAMFAK syndrome
MEDICAL CONDITION
Camfak syndrome; CAMAK syndrome; Cataract-microcephaly-failure to thrive-kyphoscoliosis
CAMFAK syndrome (or CAMAK syndrome) is an acronym used to describe a rare inherited neurologic disease, characterized by peripheral and central demyelination of nerves, similar to that seen in Cockayne syndrome. The name "CAMFAK" comes from the first letters of the characteristic findings of the disease: cataracts, microcephaly, failure to thrive, and kyphoscoliosis.