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Further evidence of association between mutations in FGFR2 and syndromic craniosynostosis with sacrococcygeal eversion.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Aug 2006
Oliveira Nélio A J, Alonso Luís G, Fanganiello Roberto D, Passos-Bueno Maria Rita
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pfeiffer syndrome (PS; OMIM #101600) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia, broad thumbs, brachydactyly, broad great toes, and variable syndactyly. CASE: We report a case of PS (type 3) with tracheal and visceral involvement and sacrococcygeal eversion. The patient shows facial dysmorphism with macrocephaly, dolichocephaly, and trigonocephaly, and an...
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