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Muenke syndrome.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 May 2004
Sabatino G, Di Rocco F, Zampino G, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Muenke syndrome is a genetically determined craniosynostosis that involves one or both coronal sutures. In some patients it is associated with skeletal abnormalities such as thimble-like middle phalanges, coned epiphysis, and/or neurological impairment, namely sensorineural hearing loss or mental retardation. In spite of a variable phenotype, Muenke syndrome has been related to a unique mutation on...
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