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Profound microcephaly, primordial dwarfism with developmental brain malformations: a new syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2012
Abdel-Salam Ghada M H, Abdel-Hamid Mohamed S, Saleem Sahar N, Ahmed Mahmoud K H, Issa Mahmoud, Effat Laila K, Kayed Hisham F, Zaki Maha S, Gaber Khaled R
Abstract excerpt
We describe two sibs with a lethal form of profound congenital microcephaly, intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, subtle skeletal changes, and poorly developed brain. The sibs had striking absent cranial vault with sloping of the forehead, large beaked nose, relatively large ears, and mandibular micro-retrognathia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed extremely simplified gyral pattern, large...
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