Alstrom syndrome history and symptoms

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• Heart failure (dilated cardiomyopathy) in over 60% of cases, usually within the first few weeks after birth, but sometimes the onset is in adolescence or adulthood.
• Light sensitivity and vision problems (cone-rod dystrophy) in all cases, usually within 15 months of birth and progressively worsening until about 20 years of age
• Developmental delays in 50% of cases, learning disabilities in about 30% of cases
• Obesity in 100% of cases, apparent by 5 years of age, but often apparent in infancy (Alström infants usually have normal birth weights, and by adolescence, weights tend to be in the high-normal to normal range)

• Progressive hearing loss
• Kidney problems
• Liver problems
• Insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes

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