1. Eating disorder in a patient with phenotypical features of Lujan–Fryns syndrome
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Francisco Almazan, Julio Vallejo, Eulalia Loran, Pino Alonso, Guillem Pintos, Llusïa Hernández, and José M. Menchón
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Adult ,Joint Instability ,Male ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Shyness ,Emotional Instability ,Marfan Syndrome ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Craniofacial Abnormalities ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Lujan–Fryns syndrome ,medicine ,Humans ,Psychogenic disease ,Abnormalities, Multiple ,Genetics (clinical) ,media_common ,Intelligence Tests ,Learning Disabilities ,business.industry ,Appetite ,Cognition ,Syndrome ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Eating disorders ,Malnutrition ,Funnel Chest ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Anatomy ,business ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
We report a young patient with phenotypic, cognitive and behavioural features consistent with a diagnosis of Lujan-Fryns syndrome. He exhibited a severe eating disorder with food refusal and psychogenic loss of appetite, which led to a serious state of malnutrition. Behavioural difficulties including shyness, hyperactivity and emotional instability are present in almost 80% of the described patients with Lujan-Fryns syndrome but eating disorders have not been previously reported in this condition. A review of the behavioural problems in Lujan-Fryns syndrome and an approach to their management is discussed.
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- 2006
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