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| Above is a picture of what a typical child with Edwards' Syndrome looks like. Listed below are some congenital defects of Edwards' Syndrome: * cleft lip * cleft palate * microcephaly, underdevelopment of brain * micrognthia * dolicocephaly - abnormal growth of scalp * low set ears * small jaw * small mouth with narrow roof * upturned nose * low arches on all fingers with the axial triradius high * cataract * optic nerve coloboma * strabismus * severe scoliosis * cerebral palsy * congenital arthropgryposis * fissures angled more downward * large gyri, where three smaller gyri should be present * small mandible * hypertelorism in eyes * progrnathism, abnormal face structure where one or both jawa bones project forward * short palpebral fissures, opening between margins of eyelids * drooping of upper eyelids * overlapped flex fingers * webbing of the second and third toes * overlapping of fingers * lack of landmarks on brain * small brain, which can cause mild to severe mental retardation |
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