Causes Of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome

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People without Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome are lucky. Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, also known as WHS is a chromosomal disorder that causes body deformations mostly on the face and disables how the brain processes information. The major cause of WHS is the deletion on the short arm of chromosome four. You are only born with the disorder. Symptoms of WHS are during pregnancy there is little movement of the baby, seizures, eyes are spaced apart, and no muscle coordination.

WHS can be diagnosed before the baby is born by an ultrasound Scan looking at growth inefficiency. It can also be diagnosed by a blood test and in the blood test the look at the particular type of white blood cell to classify for WHS. Treatments such as Prescriptions of “valproic

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