Bilateral microphthalmia, esophageal atresia, and cryptorchidism: The anophthalmia-esophageal-genital syndrome
✍ Scribed by Shah, Deepak; Jones, Robert; Porter, Helen; Turnpenny, Peter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 409 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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✦ Synopsis
We report on a male infant with bilateral microphthalmia, esophageal atresia, and cryptorchidism. To our knowledge only 4 cases with a similar combination of congenital abnormalities have been previously reported, and it is likely that this represents a distinct entity. We suggest the name ''anophthalmia-esophageal-genital-syndrome.'' Am.
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