Progress in cornelia de lange syndrome / 国际儿科学杂志

Cornelia de Lange syndrome is a rare congenital disease,which was firstly reported on 1933.It usually causes multiple organs dysplasia.Clinical manifestations include severe growth retardation,cogni-tive impairment,characteristic facial and upper limb defects.With the rapid development of medical science,es-pecially in genetics and molecular biology,much research on the pathogenesis of Cornelia De Lange syndrome has been performed.Herein,we review the progress in this rare disease in recent years.