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[Smith-Magenis syndrome: a report of two new cases and an approximation to their characteristic behavioural phenotype].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Blanco-Barca O, Gallego-Blanco M, Ruiz-Ponte C, Barros-Angueira F, Esquete-López C, Eirís-Puñal J, Castro-Gago M
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a well defined contiguous gene syndrome that is caused by an interstitial deletion in the 17p11.2 region. It is characterised by the presentation of characteristic facial features, brachydactylia, short stature, varying degrees of mental retardation, occasional neuropathy and a specific behavioural phenotype that points to this entity. AIMS: Our aim was to report the...
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