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The KBG syndrome: follow-up data on three affected brothers
D Soekarman1, P Volcke, J P Fryns
1Centre for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Belgium.
Clinical Genetics
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
In this report we present follow-up data on a family in which several members were found to have short stature, craniofacial anomalies and dento-skeletal abnormalities (KBG-syndrome). As adults, the three affected brothers of the original report are moderately to severely mentally retarded. Their phenotype with a distinct craniofacial appearance did not change much from that seen during childhood and adolescence. Adult height is far below the third centile, with arm spans exceeding stature by at least 9 cm.