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Jetskr9.net: Top: Health: Conditions and Diseases: Genetic Disorders: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (7)

DescriptionFeatures include: macroglossia, a large tongue which may cause breathing, feeding or speech difficulties; umbilical hernia or exomphalos; overgrowth, children are bigger than their contemporaries; hemihypertrophy, one side of the body grows more than the other; hypoglycaemia, low blood sugar as babies; characteristic facial appearance and indentations of the ears.

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