[Smith-Magenis syndrome: case report and review]

Arch Argent Pediatr. 2008 Apr;106(2):143-6. doi: 10.1590/S0325-00752008000200009.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is characterized by distinctive facial features that progress with age, developmental delay, cognitive impairment, and behavioral abnormalities associated with molecular anomaly in 17p11.2. Treatment includes: early childhood intervention programs, special education, vocational training later in life, and speech/language, physical, and occupational, behavioral, and sensory integration therapies. We report a 14-year-old girl with mental retardation, behavioral abnormalities and facial dysmorphism, with SMS diagnosis confirmed by cytogenetic analysis and in situ hydridization (FISH).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cognition Disorders / genetics
  • Developmental Disabilities / diagnosis*
  • Developmental Disabilities / genetics
  • Face / abnormalities*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mental Disorders / genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Syndrome