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Cornelia de Lange syndrome

Background

Cornelia de Lange: Brachmann syndrome; Brachman de Lange; De Lange I syndrome; Amsterdam Dwarfism; Amsterdam Dwarf syndrome

Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) affects 1 in 10,000 to 30,000 babies born. Children with the syndrome are small at birth, have similar facial features usually exhibit feeding difficulties and learning disability.

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Medical text written August 2002 by Dr D Fitzpatrick. Last updated December 2011 by Dr D Fitzpatrick, Senior Clinical Scientist and Honorary Consultant Geneticist, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

 

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