Kleefstra syndrome

Kleefstra syndrome (KS) is a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability, childhood hypotonia, severe expressive speech delay and a distinctive facial appearance with a spectrum of additional clinical features.

Long philtrum

Distance between nasal base and midline upper lip vermilion border more than 2 SD above the mean. Alternatively, an apparently increased distance between nasal base and midline upper lip vermilion border.


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PMID (PMCID)
23633410
FEMALE Infant, Newborn
Ring chromosome 9 in a girl with developmental delay and dysmorphic features: case report and review of the literature.
la Cour Sibbesen E, Jespersgaard C, Alosi D, Bisgaard AM, Tumer Z.
Am J Med Genet A. 2013;161A(6):1447-52.
The patient has the features of both the Kleefstra syndrome and the chromosome 9p-syndrome, including trigonocephaly, long philtrum, hypertelorism, and retro-/micronagthia.