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Fanconi Anemia Learning Center
Symptoms could include:
- Short Stature
- Failure to Thrive
- Small Head
- Spinal Curvature
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Skin Pigment Change
- Mental Retardation
- Low Birth Weights
- Learning Disabiliti...
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Person's with Fanconi's anemia have lower-than-normal numbers of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets (cells that help the blood clot).
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The signs and symptoms of FA generally appear between the ages of three and 12. In rare cases, symptoms do not present until adulthood. These symptoms vary in severity from case-to-case. Even within a family, siblings who are both affected may sho...
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FA is caused by inheriting two abnormal copies of one of seven different genes, all thought to be involved in DNA repair. About 67% of children with FA are born with some sort of congenital defect. The problems seen include: short stature abnormal...
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The signs and symptoms of FA generally appear between the ages of three and 12. In rare cases, symptoms (Gale Group) do not present until adulthood. These symptoms vary in severity from case-to-case. Even within a family, siblings who are both aff...
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Short stature refers to any person who is significantly below the average height for a person of the same age and sex. The term often refers to children or adolescents who are significantly below the average height of their peers.
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Failure to thrive is a description applied to children whose current weight or rate of weight gain is significantly below that of other children of similar age and sex.
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Failure to thrive (FTT) is a term used to describe children whose physical growth over time is inadequate when compared to a standard growth chart.
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Failure of an infant, toddler, or child to grow at a normal rate. Related terms include malnutrition, growth hormone deficiency, low birth weight, and short stature. Failure to thrive (FTT) occurs when an infant, toddler, or child fails to grow at...
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Failure to thrive (FTT) is used to describe a delay in a child's growth or development. It is usually applied to infants and children up to two years of age who do not gain or maintain weight as they should. Failure to thrive is not a specific dis...
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Failure to thrive is a term used to describe infants and young children who are not growing or are losing weight due to malnutrition , neglect, abuse, or medical conditions. In failure to thrive, the child may have a low body weight (below the thi...
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Microcephaly is a condition in which a person's head is significantly smaller than normal for their age and sex, based on standardized charts. Head size is measured as the distance around the top of the head.
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Microcephaly is a neurological disorder where the distance around the largest portion of the head (the circumference) is less than should normally be the case in an infant or a child. The condition can be evident at birth, or can develop within th...
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Scoliosis is a curving of the spine. The spine curves away from the middle or sideways.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine.
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Scoliosis is defined as an abnormal side-to-side or front-to-back curvature of the spine.
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Abnormal curvature of the spine. Beginning in childhood or adolescence, scoliosis curves the spine so that the shape of the body is distorted. The disease can cause pain, deformity, and other medical problems if not properly treated. Scoliosis is ...
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater.
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Scoliosis is a side-to-side (lateral) curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater.
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Mental retardation is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below-average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living.
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Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as a level of intellectual functioning (as measured by standard intelligence tests) that is well below average and results in s...
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Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as a level of intellectual functioning (as measured by standard intelligence tests ) that is well below average and results in ...
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(Also called sociocultural or cultural-familial retardation) Mild mental retardation attributed to environmental causes and generally involving some degree of psychosocial disadvantage. The majority of persons suffering from mental retardation fal...
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Below-average intellectual abilities that are present before the age of 18 and interfere with developmental processes and with the ability to function normally in daily life (adaptive behavior). The term mental retardation is commonly used to refe...
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Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and signif...
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Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and signif...
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An infant born with a weight of less than five pounds (2,500 grams) at birth is classified as a low birth weight infant. Babies with low birth weight were either born prematurely or are small for their age because their growth was restricted in th...
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A disorder that causes problems in speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability. (Also Specific Developmental Disorder). A learning disability is a disorder that inhibits or interferes with the skills of learning, including speak...
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three. These diffi...
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence . People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three. These diff...
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Learning disorders, or learning disabilities, are disorders that cause problems in speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability.
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Learning disorders (LD) refer to a significant deficit in learning due to a person's inability to interpret what is seen and heard, or to link information from different parts of the brain.
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three. These diffi...
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