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Lateral meningocele (Lehman) syndrome: A child with a novel NOTCH3 mutation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2016
Ejaz Resham, Qin Wen, Huang Lijia, Blaser Susan, Tetreault Martine, Hartley Taila, Boycott Kym M, Carter Melissa T
Abstract excerpt
Lateral meningocele syndrome (LMS), or Lehman syndrome, is a rare disorder characterized by multiple lateral spinal meningoceles, distinctive facial features, joint hypermobility and hypotonia, along with skeletal, cardiac, and urogenital anomalies. Heterozygous NOTCH3 mutations affecting the terminal exon 33 were recently reported as causative in six families with LMS. We report a boy with LMS, the fourteenth...
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