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A case of familial isolated hemihyperplasia
2 Feb 2004
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hemihyperplasia (hemihypertrophy) is defined as asymmetric body overgrowth of one or more body parts. Hemihyperplasia can be isolated or be part of well-defined syndromes such as in the case of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). Isolated hemihyperplasia is usually sporadic, but a number of familial occurrences have been described. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a Tunisian family in which three...
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