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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Heller Syndrome - Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

Symptoms & Signs

What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?

As a child with childhood disintegrative disorder has alterations in thinking skills, he or she usually loses communication skills. The child returns to using nonverbal behaviors, or experiences a significant loss of previously acquired skills in some other area. Examples include:

loss of social skills

loss of bowel or bladder control

loss of expressive language, which is the ability to communicate to others

loss of receptive language, which is the ability to understand what others are communicating

loss of motor skills

lack of play

failure to develop peer relationships

impairment in nonverbal behaviors

delay or lack of spoken language

inability to initiate or sustain a conversation

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