Definitions
  • Non-syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder: It is characterized by the absence of associated medical and behavioral signs and symptoms.
  • Syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder: It is characterized by the presence of associated medical and behavioral signs and symptoms.
Biological basis of syndromic disorders.
Importance for the investigation of syndromic disorders.
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Phenotypic keys to diagnosis of the most recognizable syndromes that occur with neurodevelopmental disorders. For more information, see The Bedside Dysmorphologist.
4P minus syndrome – Greek helmet.
Prader-Willi – Obesity and hyperphagia.

Differential diagnosis of Prader-Willi like syndromes.

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Juriaans AF, Kerkhof GF, Hokken-Koelega ACS. The Spectrum of the Prader–Willi-like Pheno- and Genotype: A Review of the Literature. Endocrine Reviews [Internet]. 2022 Feb 1 [cited 2022 May 25];43(1):1–18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1210/endrev/bnab026
Schaaf-Yang syndrome.
P-W like subphenotype of X-fragile.
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Other microdeletion syndromes.
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Angelman syndrome – Absence of language – Fascination with water.

Angelman-like syndromes.

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Tan WH, Bird LM, Thibert RL, Williams CA. If not Angelman, what is it? a review of Angelman-like syndromes. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A [Internet]. 2014 [cited 2015 May 29];164(4):975–92. Available from: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ajmg.a.36416
Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

22q13 Deletion Syndrome

Christianson syndrome

Mowat-Wilson Syndrome

Kleefstra Syndrome

Cornelia de Lange – Eyebrows.
Spectrum of Cohesinopathies and CdL-like.

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KBG syndrome – Macrodontia.
Smith-Lemni-Opitz syndrome – Syndactyly of the 2-3 finger.
17p deletion syndrome – Polyembolokoilomania.
KABUK1 – Eyelid clefts.

Other syndromes affecting histones.

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome.