Cornelia de Lange syndrome

BDLS; Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome; CDLS; De Lange Syndrome

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome aka CdLS is a rare genetic disorder that lead to severe developmental anomalies. It is known to affect both the physical and intellectual development of a child. Causes CdLS is a genetic disorder that most probably arises out of a fault in the gene NIPBL on Chromosome 5. Although a relatively rare disorder, the occurrence is equally likely in both males and females. There are two ways of having the syndrome. One can inherit the defected gene from either parent ...