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17month old baby boy

2018-03-21 19:18:49
My child has macrocephaly, development delay, hypotonia and mri scan showing bilateral white matter changes, he's 17months old and can sit unaided for 30 seconds, but he can't pull himself up, walk or talk.
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He will need further metabolic and genetic work up to know the reason and hence understand the prognosis.
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See a paediatric neurologist

Answered2018-03-24 10:18:14

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