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Temporal and occipital lobe features in children with hypochondroplasia/FGFR3 gene mutation.
Pediatric radiology - 1 Sept 2013
Philpott Cristina M, Widjaja Elysa, Raybaud Charles, Branson Helen M, Kannu Peter, Blaser Susan
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BACKGROUND: Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) and hypochondroplasia are both caused by FGFR3 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 3) gene mutations. Temporal lobe dysplasia has been well described in thanatophoric dysplasia; however, only a couple of anecdotal cases of temporal lobe dysplasia in hypochondroplasia have been described. OBJECTIVE: To define temporal lobe abnormalities in patients with hypochondroplasia,...
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