Seckel syndrome

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The Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism is a congenital nanosomic disorder supposed to be caused by defects of genes on chromosome 3 and 18.

Symptoms include:

severe mental retardation (more than half of the patients have an IQ below 50)
achondroplasia
microcephaly
sometimes pancytopenia
cryptorchidism
low birth weight
dislocations of pelvis and elbow
unusually large eyes
low ears
small chin

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