Growth failure can be a sign of a long diagnostic laundry list of problems-- anything from chronic metabolic problems to kidney disease to heart failure can show up as growth failure in a baby.
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These include hypothyroidism, Growth failure and associated short stature ( dwarfism ) in JBS can be attributed to growth hormone deficiency caused by diminished anterior pituitary function, with malabsorption of fats playing a subsequent role.
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The ACADS gene has also been implicated in delaying the onset of Prader-Willi Syndrome, which is characterized by hypotonia, growth failure, and neurodevelopmental delays in the first years of life, and hyperphagia and obesity much later.
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The minimal clinical criteria for the Keppen Lubinsky syndrome are as follows : normal growth parameters at birth, postnatal growth failure, peculiar facial appearance with skin tightly adherent to facial bones, generalized lipodystrophy and development delay.
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Growth hormone deficiency has a variety of different negative effects at different ages; for example, in newborn infants, the primary manifestations may be hypoglycemia or micropenis, while in later infancy and childhood, growth failure is more likely.
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One specific example of a splicing error causing an endocrine disease that has been studied using minigenes is a type of growth hormone deficiency called isolated growth hormone deficiency ( IGHD ), a disease that results in growth failure.
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Furthermore, two other mutations in Naa10 ( R116W mutation in a boy and a V107F mutation in a girl ) have been described in two unrelated families with sporadic cases of non-syndromic intellectual disabilities, postnatal growth failure, and skeletal anomalies.
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"' Cockayne syndrome "'( "'CS "'), also called "'Neill-Dingwall syndrome "', is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight ( photosensitivity ), eye disorders and premature aging.
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Too many HIV-infected infants today with life-threatening PCP, who were previously unknown to have HIV infection, indicate that early identification would allow appropriate modifications of the baby's immunization schedule, nutritional support for early stages of growth failure, and careful monitoring of the immunologic and neurologic functions to assess the need for anti-HIV therapy.
