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Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
What are the symptoms?
There is a wide variation in the degree of problems seen in this condition. Children with Wolf-Hirschhorn have a low birth weight and will usually have slow weight gain and difficulty with feeding. They have a small head size for their age (see entry, microcephaly) and most will have epilepsy. Individuals with Wolf-Hirschhorn tend to have similar facial features. These may include a broad bridge to the nose, wider spaced eyes than average and a small chin. Learning difficulties (see entry, Learning Disability) are variable and can be moderate to severe. In the past, children whose deletion was too small to be seen with a light microscope, were described as having Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome. These children are now felt to represent the mild end of the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome spectrum.
Children with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome may he born with some other congenital problems. The most commonly recognised include: cleft lip and/or palate, congenital heart disease (see entry, heart defects), kidney problems (see entry, Kidney disease), eye anomalies, undescended testes and hypospadias.
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