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[Alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome (ATR-X) in two brothers - clinical characteristics, diagnostics and genetic counselling issues].
Medycyna wieku rozwojowego - 1 Jan 2000
Szczałuba Krzysztof, Obersztyn Ewa, Nowakowska Beata, Bernaciak Joanna, Fisher Christopher, Gibbons Richard, Mazurczak Tadeusz, Bocian Ewa
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome (ATR-X) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with characteristic clinical picture as well as presence of pathognomonic haemoglobin H inclusions (HbH) on peripheral blood examination. Typical features of this condition are: severe intellectual impairment, muscular hypotonia, delay of growth, genitourinary/skeletal abnormalities and characteristic facial dysmorphism....
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