We report on two unrelated patietns with an apparently new syndrome. In each family they are the only affected members, their parents are not consanguineous, and paternal and maternal ages are not advanced. At birth each patient was noted to have a marked Robin phenotype (cleft of the secondary pal
Patterson-Lowry rhizomelic dysplasia: Report of two new patients
β Scribed by Franceschini, Piergiorgio ;Licata, D. ;Guala, A. ;Ingrosso, G. ;Di Cara, G. ;Franceschini, D.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 127A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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