A child with a small head, minor anomalies of the face including a thin upper lip, growth delay, and developmental disability can have all of the following,except
The features given can occur as a pa of a chromosomal / teratogenic / mendelian syndrome. Polygenic inheritance is the answer of exclusion. In a polygenic inheritance, multiple genes are involved in the phenotypic expression. Some examples of polygenic inheritance are hypeension and diabetes. Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, 8th edition
A chromosomal syndrome
A teratogenic syndrome
A mendelian syndrome
A polygenic syndrome
Genetic and genetic disorders