Editing Abetalipoproteinemia (section)

===Symptoms===
Initial symptoms usually appear in infancy,<ref name="MedlinePlus 2018 k111">{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2018 |title=Abetalipoproteinemia |url=https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/abetalipoproteinemia/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=MedlinePlus |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine}}</ref><ref name="Burnett_2022" /> including:
* [[Failure to thrive]] (i.e. failure to grow in infancy)<ref name="pmid20953537">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Hasosah MY, Shesha SJ, Sukkar GA, Bassuni WY |date=October 2010 |title=Rickets and dysmorphic findings in a child with abetalipoproteinemia |journal=Saudi Medical Journal |volume=31 |issue=10 |pages=1169–71 |pmid=20953537}}</ref>
* [[Steatorrhea]] (i.e. fatty, pale stools)<ref name="pmid20953537" /><ref name="pmid20626336">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Moutzouri E, Elisaf M, Liberopoulos EN |date=March 2011 |title=Hypocholesterolemia |journal=Current Vascular Pharmacology |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=200–12 |doi=10.2174/157016111794519354 |pmid=20626336}}</ref>
* Frothy stools<ref name="pmid20953537" />
* Foul smelling stools<ref name="pmid20953537" />
* Protruding abdomen<ref name="Hussain_2023">{{Cite report |url=https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/abetalipoproteinemia/ |title=Abetalipoproteinemia |date=2023-02-17 |publisher=National Organization for Rare Disorders |access-date=2024-04-22 |vauthors=Hussain MM}}</ref>

The rate of occurrence of additional symptoms later in life varies and increases with age.<ref name="Burnett_2022">{{Cite book |title=Gene Reviews |vauthors=Burnett JR, Hooper AJ, Hegele RA |date=2018-10-25 |publisher=University of Washington |location=Seattle, WA, USA |chapter=Abetalipoproteinemia |pmid=30358967 |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532447/}}</ref> These may include:
* [[Intellectual disability]]/developmental delay<ref name="Hussain_2023" />
* [[Ataxia]] (problems with balance and movement)<ref name="Burnett_2022" /><ref name="MedlinePlus 2018 k111" />
* Muscle weakness<ref name="Burnett_2022" />
* Slurred speech ([[dysarthria]])<ref name="MedlinePlus 2018 k111" />
* [[Lordosis]] (curved lower back) and [[kyphoscoliosis]] (curved upper back)<ref name="MedlinePlus 2018 k111" />
* Progressive decreased vision<ref name="Burnett_2022" /><ref name="MedlinePlus 2018 k111" />
* Reflex and proprioception problems<ref name="Burnett_2022" />