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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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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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