First Case Report of Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Among the Arab Community in Nazareth: View and Overview.

ABSTRACT: Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS0) is a complex and rare genetic multisystem disorder characterized by a variable pattern of cognitive deficits accompanied by a1 distinctive behavioral phenotype. SMS is characterized by subtle facial dysmorphology, short stature, sleep disturbances, and neurobehavioral abnormalities. Little is known about the manifestation of his unique case among Arab population and its strategic treatment.This study comes to present a case of SMS in an Arab newborn male who was born in spontaneous delivery on June 29, 2015, with tachypnea, tracheomalacia, and mild hypotonia. The newborn was admitted on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and various laboratory examinations and clinical examinations were performed.Throughout his hospitalization, feeding difficulties appea

SUBMITTER: Nijim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4998242 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature