Williams Syndrome
Alternate Names : Williams-Beuren Syndrome
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Williams Syndrome Symptoms & Signs
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mental retardation that is mild to moderate
- short stature relative to family
- feeding problems including colic, reflux, vomitting (due to low muscle tone and poor gag reflex)
- joint laxity which may progress to stiffness as patients get older
- developmental delay
- initially delayed speech development may turn into relative loquacious speech later and relatively strong learning by hearing
- distractibility
- learning disorders, for example poor visual-spatial abilities
- blood vessel narrowing including: supravalvular aortic stenosis, pulmonic stenosis and pulmonary artery stenosis
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pectus excavatum (concavity of the chest)
- clinodactyly (an inward bend of the small finger)
- personality traits include being overtly friendly, trusting strangers, fear of loud sounds or physical contact and an affinity for music
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