All have mutations in the FGFR1 and FGFR2 genes
- Apert Syndrome: 1 in 160,000
- Crouzon Syndrome: 1 in 62,500
- Jackson Weiss: Rare (incidence unknown)
- Beare Stevenson Cutis Gyrata Syndrome: Fewer than 20 world wide
- Muenke Syndrome: 1 in 30,000
- Antley-Bixler Syndrome: Less than 1 in 100,000
- Osteoglophonic Dysplasia: Only 15 cases have ever been reported in medical literature
- Autosomal Dominant Kallmann Syndrome: 1 in 10,000 – 86,000
- Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome: 1 in 25,000 – 50,000, has to do with the TWIST1 gene which regulates FGFR2 gene
Chromosomal Aberrations involving FGFR1 and FGFR2 genes
- Myeloproliferative Disorder
- Stem Cell Leukemia
- Breast Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
Diseases not related to FGFR1 or FGFR2, but with similar characteristics
- Pierre Robin: 1 in 8,500 – 14,000, not known if it is indirectly related to FGFR1 or FGFR2
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