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Hypoglossia-hypodactyly syndrome: report of 2 patients
1Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Pellenberg, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.
Genetic Counseling (Geneva, Switzerland)
|February 12, 2002
Abstract:
Hypoglossia-hypodactyly syndrome: report of 2 patients: Two newborns with severe limb deformities and hypoglossia, with micro- and retrognathia are reported. The first patient had a transverse agenesia just below the knee of both legs and below the elbow of both arms. A Krukenberg phalangisation was performed and rehabilitation of march with prosthetics at an early age. The second child had less severe deformities and needed no corrective surgery till now.