Cockayne+syndrome

=Michael Thompson= =__//**Cockayne Syndrome**//__=
 * 1) Found on chromosome 5
 * 2) Autosominal recessive pattern of inheritance
 * 3) Have smaller than usual sized heads, short stature, have an aged look on them, and their eyes look like they are shrunken eyes
 * 4) Occurs mostly in children
 * 5) " Cockayne syndrome is diagnosed by clinical findings including postnatal growth failure and progressive neurologic dysfunction along with other characteristics. Diagnosis should include molecular genetic testing."
 * 6) Medication for spasticity and mangement for hearing loss are only few of the MANY treatments.
 * 7) It is fatal usually at age 12



Cockayne Syndrome pictures

This disease makes you irritant to sunlight. [] [] []