Temporal bone anomaly proposed as a major criteria for diagnosis of CHARGE syndrome

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The acronym CHARGE defines a non-random clustering of congenital malformations of unknown origin. Classical diagnostic criteria include: 1) one major feature namely coloboma/microphthalmia or choanal atresia, and 2) four of the six features designated in the CHARGE acronym. Interestingly, all CHARGE patients hitherto reported had partial or complete semicircular canal hypoplasia on temporal bone CT-scan. We...

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