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Intestinal lymphangiectasia, lymphedema, mental retardation, and typical face: Confirmation of the Hennekam syndrome

โœ Scribed by Gabrielli, Orazio ;Catassi, Carlo ;Carlucci, Antonio ;Coppa, Giovanni V. ;Giorgi, Pierluigi


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
405 KB
Volume
40
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299

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Abstract

We report on a male with intestinal lymphangiectasia, mild mental retardation, seizures, and a typical face; the syndrome was first delineated by Hennekam et al., Am. J. Med. Genet. 34:593โ€600 [1989]. His parents are consanguineous. This case seems to confirm the existence of the Hennekam syndrome.


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