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Trait

Deficient area between the eyebrows

Clinical name: Depressed glabella

Posterior positioning of the glabella, i.e., of the midline forehead between the supraorbital ridges.

HPO HP:0011222

Summary

Also called
Flat area between the eyebrows, Concave glabella, Deficiency of glabella, Flat glabella, Hypoplasia of glabella
Body system
Abnormality of head or neck

1 gene linked to Deficient area between the eyebrows

Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Deficient area between the eyebrows is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.

GeneHow often it is seenConditions
FBN1fibrillin 1AlwaysIn 1 condition

How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.

Broader traits

Abnormality of the area between the eyebrows

Where this comes from

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

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