In this journal, Oostra et al. [1998] reported on the distinct MCA syndrome in a plaster cast of a presumably term newborn female with macrocephaly, midface hypoplasia, short upper lip, macrostomia secondary to bilateral orofacial clefting, low-set small malformed ears, micrognathia, severe hypoplas
Acrofacial dysostosis of unknown type: Nosology of the acrofacial dysostoses
β Scribed by Preis, Sabine ;Raymaekers-Buntinx, Inge ;Majewski, Frank
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 696 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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The acrofacial dysostoses (AFD) are a heterogeneous group of disorders combining varying severities of mandibulofacial dysostosis (MFD) with pre-and/or postaxial limb abnormalities. In 1993, Opitz et al. [Am J Med Genet 47:660-678] described a new AFD with mental retardation in a Sicilian mother and
2005] in their letter report a patient with craniofacial features resembling those reported recently by Kennedy and Teebi [2004]. These features are blepharophimosis, a peculiar beaked nose, low set dysplastic ear, malar hypoplasia, a long smooth philtrum, micrognathia, cleft palate, and relative mi