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Silver-Russell syndrome

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Other characteristics may include a short incurved 5th finger, triangular facial features, turned down corners of the mouth, café au lait spots and syndactyly. In a small minority of cases mild neurological delay can occur. In the first year of life excessive sweating, particularly at night is common and may be a reflection of chronic hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). This is extremely important to recognise and may well be the cause of the educational difficulties that have been identified in such children.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated July 2006 by Dr R Stanhope, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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