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8q24.3 microdeletion syndrome
Disease definition
A multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic - intellectual disability syndrome characterized by feeding problems, growth retardation, microcephaly, developmental delay, digital and vertebral anomalies, joint laxity/dislocation, cardiac and renal defects, and dysmorphic facial features (including plagiocephaly, prominent forehead, bitemporal narrowing, bilateral coloboma, epicanthal folds, malformations of the outer and middle ear, wide nasal bridge, anteverted nares, prominent and bulbous nose tip, long philtrum, thin lips, high and narrow palate, micrognathia with prognathism/retrognathism, full cheeks, and short, broad neck). Additional variable manifestations include obstructive apneas, recurrent pneumonia, and seizures.
ORPHA:508488
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Del(8)(q24.3)
- Deletion 8q24.3
- Monosomy 8q24.3
- Verheij syndrome
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: Antenatal, Neonatal
- ICD-10: Q93.5
- OMIM: 615583
- UMLS: C3810023
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Français (2020) Deutsch (2020) Español (2020) Nederlands (2020)
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- English (2020) - Unique
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