Cornelia de Lange syndrome
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a genetic disorder. People with Cornelia de Lange syndrome experience a range of physical, cognitive, and medical challenges ranging from mild to severe. Cornelia de Lange syndrome has a widely varied phenotype, meaning people with the syndrome have varied features and challenges. The typical features of CdLS include thick or long eyebrows, a small nose, small stature, developmental delay, long or smooth philtrum, thin upper lip and downturned mouth.[1]
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Other names | Bushy syndrome |
One-year-old boy displaying characteristic facial features of Cornelia de Lange syndrome | |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
The syndrome is named after Dutch pediatrician Cornelia Catharina de Lange, who described it in 1933.
It is often termed Brachmann de Lange syndrome or Bushy syndrome and is also known as Amsterdam dwarfism. Its exact incidence is unknown, but it is estimated at 1 in 10,000 to 30,000.