A second patient with Tsukahara syndrome: Type A1 brachydactyly, short stature, hearing loss, microcephaly, mental retardation and ptosis
✍ Scribed by Gülen Eda Utine; Jeroen Breckpot; Bernard Thienpont; Yasemin Alanay; Cemalettin Aksoy; Koray Boduroğlu; Koenraad Devriendt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 152A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In 1989, Tsukahara and colleagues described a single female with a provisionally unique pattern of malformation consisting of low intelligence, short stature, brachydactyly type A1, and characteristic facial features. We report on a second patient confirming Tsukahara syndrome as an established entity. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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