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Pitt-Hopkins syndrome in two patients and further definition of the phenotype.
Clinical dysmorphology - 1 Apr 2006
Peippo Maarit M, Simola Kalle O J, Valanne Leena K, Larsen Andreo T, Kähkönen Marketta, Auranen Mari P, Ignatius Jaakko
Abstract excerpt
Pitt-Hopkins syndrome is a rare dysmorphic mental retardation syndrome marked by daytime spells of overbreathing interrupted by apnoea. The dysmorphism consists of a large beaked nose, cup-shaped ears with broad helices, a wide mouth, Cupid's bow upper lip, wide and shallow palate and broad or clubbed fingertips. The four patients described so far have been sporadic and represented both sexes. In addition, a pair...
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