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Siddiqi syndrome

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A lipid storage disease that is characterized by global developmental delay, early-onset progressive sensorineural hearing impairment, regression of motor skills, dystonia, poor overall growth, and low body mass index and that has_material_basis_in homozygous

A lipid storage disease that is characterized by global developmental delay, early-onset progressive sensorineural hearing impairment, regression of motor skills, dystonia, poor overall growth, and low body mass index and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the FITM2 gene on chromosome 20q13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Delayed ability to walk
  • Global developmental delay
  • Motor delay
  • Ichthyosis
  • Sensorineural hearing impairment
  • Pes cavus
  • Flexion contracture
  • Limb dystonia
  • Developmental regression
  • Lower limb amyotrophy