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Floating-Harbor syndrome

What are the symptoms?

This condition is characterised by an association of three features:

  • short stature with delayed bone age;
  • language delay usually in the presence of normal motor development;
  • characteristic facial features with a prominent nose, deep set eyes and a long, thin upper lip. The ears may be low set and tipped backwards.

Some patients with Floating Harbor syndrome have had symptoms of Coeliac disease.

View Background Background  |  Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis View Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Medical text written June 1992 by Dr M Patton, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK. Last updated October 2005 by Dr J Clayton-Smith, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

 

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