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Silver-Russell syndrome: a dissection of the genetic aetiology and candidate chromosomal regions.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 2001
Hitchins M P, Stanier P, Preece M A, Moore G E
Abstract excerpt
The main features of Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) are pre- and postnatal growth restriction and a characteristic small, triangular face. SRS is also accompanied by other dysmorphic features including fifth finger clinodactyly and skeletal asymmetry. The disorder is clinically and genetically heterogeneous, and various modes of inheritance and abnormalities involving chromosomes 7, 8, 15, 17, and 18 have been...
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