| A rare genetic syndromic intellectual disability disorder with highly variable phenotype. Typical characteristics are mild to severe global development delay, severe speech and language impairment, mild to severe intellectual disability, dysphagia, hypotonia, relative to true macrocephaly and behavioral problems that may include autistic features, hyperactivity and mood lability. Facial gestalt typically features a broad, prominent forehead, hypertelorism, downslanting palpebral fissures, ptosis, short bulbous nose with broad tip, thick vermilion border, wide and open mouth with downturned corners. Brain, cardiac, urogenital and ocular malformations may be associated. Caused by heterozygous mutation in the FOXP1 gene on chromosome 3p13. |
