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Schizencephaly in LEOPARD syndrome.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jul 2009
Liang Jao-Shwann, Chien Yin-Hsiu, Hwu Wuh-Liang, Yeh Shu-Jen, Peng Shinn-Forng
Abstract excerpt
We report on a 2-year-old boy with facial dysmorphism, multiple lentigines, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Mutation analyses of the patient and his mother revealed a Y279G mutation in exon 7 of the PTPN11 gene. The presence of LEOPARD syndrome was confirmed by a genetic study and clinical phenotypes. Since age 18 months, the patient had manifested frequent seizures that were poorly controlled by multiple...
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