Baraitser-Winter cerebrofrontofacial syndrome

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Baraitser-Winter cerebrofrontofacial syndrome
Description:
Baraitser-Winter syndrome (BWS) is a malformation syndrome, characterized by facial dysmorphism (hypertelorism with ptosis, broad bulbous nose, ridged metopic suture, arched eyebrows, progressive coarsening of the face), ocular coloboma, pachygyria and/or band heterotopias with antero-posterior gradient, progressive joint stiffening, and intellectual deficit of variable severity, often with severe epilepsy. Pachygyria - epilepsy - intellectual disability - dysmorphism (Fryns-Aftimos syndrome (FA); see this term) corresponds to the appearance of BWS in elderly patients.
ORPHAcode:
2995
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Created:
13 May 2019 - 01:02
Changed:
22 Jun 2023 - 16:14