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Sotos syndrome (cerebral gigantism): analysis of 8 cases
Débora Gusmão Melo1, Angelina Xavier Acosta, Maria Aparecida de Almeida Salles
1Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Riberão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|June 18, 2002
Abstract:
Sotos syndrome or cerebral gigantism is characterized by macrocephaly, overgrowth, mental retardation and central nervous system abnormalities. Congenital heart defects may be present. We report 8 patients with this syndrome and relate their clinical features, neuroimaging and echocardiographic findings.