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What are the features of FG?
Some of the common features of the syndrome include poor muscle tone, chronic constipation, hearing loss, vision problems, genital abnormalities, and respiratory problems. Some children have heart defects, agenesis of the corpus collosum, and/or imperforate anus. Other features sometimes include kidney problems, a large head, broad thumbs and big toes, characteristic fingerprint patterns, webbed fingers and toes, skeletal defects (occasionally including craniosynostosis and scoliosis), and a sacral pit. Tethered cord and Chiari I malformations have also been found in people with the FG Syndrome.
Many individuals with FG Syndrome have a similar appearance. They may have wide set eyes, a broad nasal bridge, and low set simple ears. They tend to have an open-mouthed appearance with a thin upper lip and fuller lower lip. Their tongues often protrude slightly from their mouths. Many have cowlicks in their hair and a widow's peak hairline. Some people are so mildly affected by the FG Syndrome that physical features are not obvious to anyone but a trained geneticist.
Many children with an FG Syndrome diagnosis experience developmental delay, particularly speech delay, whether or not they are eventually diagnosed with mental retardation/intellectual disability.
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