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Shone’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is often detected in very young children. The children tend to show symptoms like fatigue, nocturnal cough, and reduced cardiac output by the age of two years. They also develop wheezing due to the exudation of fluid into the lungs. [1]
The most severe cases, often called cyclopia-holoprosencephaly complex, are almost invariably lethal, and patients show intrauterine growth restriction, prematurity, and impaired ventilation. Endotracheal intubation is difficult due to severe airway malformations, and only approximately 7 non-holoprosencephaly patients have survived beyond infancy.
A number of genetic conditions are associated with heart defects, including Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, and Marfan syndrome. [3] Congenital heart defects are divided into two main groups: cyanotic heart defects and non-cyanotic heart defects, depending on whether the child has the potential to turn bluish in color. [3]
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The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and for the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in the parents that causes the impairment to develop within the child.
Talk about a tale of two cities. “You can get plenty of exercise simply by walking to your job, restaurants and other destinations,” the report reads of New York’s high score.
Fetal alcohol syndrome; First arch syndrome; Focal femoral hypoplasia; Gastrointestinal atresia; Gastroschisis; Holoprosencephaly; Hydranencephaly; Hydronephrosis; Hydrops fetalis; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Infantile polycystic kidney disease; Iniencephaly; Intracranial teratoma; Intrauterine growth retardation; Klippel–Trénaunay ...