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Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome

Background

Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome: CFC syndrome

Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome was first described independently by James Reynolds from the US and Michael Baraitser and Michael Patton from the UK in 1986. It is an infrequent congenital (present at birth) condition of multiple physical anomalies and learning disability. Less than 300 cases of CFC syndrome are known worldwide. CFC syndrome affects both sexes and all ethnic groups.

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Medical text written June 2006 by Contact a Family. Approved June 2006 by Professor R Hennekam, Professor of Clinical Dysmorphology, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.

 

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