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Cornelia de Lange syndrome 1

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A Cornelia de Lange syndrome characterized by facial dysmorphism, including low anterior hairline, arched eyebrows, synophrys, anteverted nares, maxillary prognathism, long philtrum, thin lips, and 'carp' mouth, in association with prenatal and postnatal growt

A Cornelia de Lange syndrome characterized by facial dysmorphism, including low anterior hairline, arched eyebrows, synophrys, anteverted nares, maxillary prognathism, long philtrum, thin lips, and 'carp' mouth, in association with prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, impaired intellectual development, and, in many cases, upper limb anomalies that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the NIPBL gene, which encodes a component of the cohesin complex, on chromosome 5p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Poor suck
  • Weak cry
  • Hydronephrosis
  • Hypertonia
  • Motor delay
  • Motor stereotypy
  • Coronal hypospadias
  • Delayed CNS myelination
  • Short foot
  • Thick eyebrow