What Is Xeroderma Pigmentosum?
5. Neurological Symptoms
Patients with some types of xeroderma pigmentosum will also display some neurological symptoms. These include poor motor skills and poor reflexes. The patient might also have poor control over their movements, and their muscles can be weaker than usual. Spasticity is another potential symptom which causes some of the patients’ muscles to contract permanently.
The condition can also cause microcephaly, which is an abnormally small head, and it can also cause other developmental delays. Some patients will also have dwarfism, and hypogonadism, which means the patient’s genitals don’t develop as they should. The condition will also commonly cause mental deficiencies.
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