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. 1973 Jun;10(2):184–187. doi: 10.1136/jmg.10.2.184

A Case of Trisomy 9

Murray Feingold 1,2, Leonard Atkins 1,2
PMCID: PMC1013014  PMID: 4714588

Abstract

The first patient with trisomy 9, an infant who survived 28 days, is reported. Clinical findings included microcephaly, low-set malformed ears, small palpebral fissures, enophthalmos, bulbous nose, micrognathia, low hairline, congenital heart disease, skeletal abnormalities, small penis, hypoplastic scrotum, and a Dandy-Walker like deformity of the fourth ventricle.

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