Editing Microcephaly (section)

==Signs and symptoms==
[[File:Peterson 291-292.jpg|thumb|Microcephaly (left) vs. normocephaly (right)]]
[[Image:Microcephaly.png|thumb|Neural scans of a normal-sized skull (left) and a case of microcephaly (right)]]
There are a variety of symptoms that can occur in children. [[Infant]]s with microcephaly are born with either a normal or reduced head size.<ref name="Stanford">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=microcephaly-90-P02610|title=Microcephaly|website=[[Stanford University Medical Center|Stanford Children's Health]]|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref> Subsequently, the head fails to grow, while the face continues to develop at a normal rate, producing a child with a small head and a receding forehead, and a loose, often wrinkled [[scalp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Cephalic-Disorders-Fact-Sheet|title=Cephalic Disorders Fact Sheet|website=National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |access-date=2019-08-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727155215/https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Cephalic-Disorders-Fact-Sheet |archivedate=2019-07-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the child grows older, the smallness of the [[human skull|skull]] becomes more obvious, although the entire body also is often underweight and [[Dwarfism|dwarfed]].<ref name="Stanford" />

Severely impaired [[:wikt:intellectual|intellectual]] development is common, but disturbances in [[motor function]]s may not appear until later in life.<ref name="Stanford" /> Affected newborns generally have striking [[neurological]] defects and [[seizure]]s.<ref name="Stanford" /> Development of motor functions and [[Speech communication|speech]] may be delayed. [[Hyperactive|Hyperactivity]] and intellectual disability are common occurrences, although the degree of each varies. [[Convulsion]]s may also occur. Motor ability varies, ranging from [[:wikt:clumsy|clumsiness]] in some to [[spastic quadriplegia]] in others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malacards.org/card/microcephaly_with_spastic_quadriplegia|title=Microcephaly with Spastic Quadriplegia disease: Malacards - Research Articles, Drugs, Genes, Clinical Trials|website=www.malacards.org|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref>