Mechanical ventilation in Coffin-Lowry syndrome: a case report

Mechanical ventilation in Coffin-Lowry syndrome: a case report

We describe a 27-year-old patient with Coffin-Lowry syndrome with severe community pneumonia, septic shock and respiratory failure. We summarize both the mechanical ventilatory assistance and the hospitalization period in the intensive care unit.

Clinical Report Cardiomyopathy in Coffin–Lowry Syndrome

Jennifer J. Facher, Elizabeth J. Regier, Gretta H. Jacobs, Ernest Siwik, Jean-Pierre Delaunoy, and Nathaniel H. Robin* Center for Human Genetics, Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Oh...

Coffin-Lowry Syndrome: The First Molecularly Confirmed Report in Iran

Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) is an X-linked disorder, which affects hemizygous males more severely than females. It is characterized by mental retardation, short stature, head and facial abnormalities, skeletal anomalies and developmental delays. The signs and symptoms vary in different people. We report a 14-year-old male patient, diagnosed with CLS based on his clinical features. Genetic testi...

The Coffin-Lowry syndrome.

Coffin-Lowry Syndrome

Disease characteristics. Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) is characterized by severe to profound mental retardation in males. Intellect ranges from normal to profoundly retarded in heterozygous females. The facial appearance is characteristic in the affected, older male child or adult. The hands are short, soft, and fleshy, often with remarkably hyperextensible fingers that taper from wide (proximal...