can anyone tell me anything about filippi syndrome or dubowitz syndrome?

Answer 1

Filippi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that may be apparent at birth (congenital). The disorder is characterized by an unusual facial appearance, abnormalities of the fingers and toes, and mild to severe mental retardation. Primary physical findings include growth delays, an abnormally small head (microcephaly), webbing or fusion (syndactyly) of certain fingers and toes, and inward deviation or bending (clinodactyly) of the fifth fingers ("pinkies"). Filippi syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.

Dubowitz syndrome is a very rare genetic and developmental disorder involving multiple congenital (inherited) anomalies including but not limited to: growth failure/short stature; unusual but characteristic facial features; a small head (microencephaly); mild (usually) mental retardation; and, in at least 50% of the cases, eczema. Multiple organ systems are affected and the disorder is unpredictable and extremely variable in its expression. Symptoms may be detected while the foetus is still in the uterus (intrauterine) as well as immediately after birth (neonatal). Facial appearance is a key to the diagnosis, with characteristic high or sloping forehead; sparse hair; flat, undeveloped (hypoplastic) bones above the eyes (supraorbital ridges); increased distance between the eyes (ocular hypertelorism); drooping eyelids (ptosis); sparse (hypoplastic) lateral eyebrows; very small lower jaw (micrognathia) and receding chin (retrognathia). Affected children are often hyperactive, stubborn and shy.

I add this link to national and international support groups, clinics with genetic counselors and geneticists.

http://www.kumc.edu
/gec/support/dubowitz.html

Hope this helps
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Answer 2

You can find both of these at the following
http://children.webmd.com//fillippinisyndrome
and also // dubowitzsyndrome

Answer 3

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-bkt1&p=dubowitz%20syndrome
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-bkt1&p=filippi%20syndrome