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. 1992 Apr;29(4):269–271. doi: 10.1136/jmg.29.4.269

Postnatal short stature, microcephaly, severe syndactyly of hands and feet, dysmorphic face, and mental retardation: a new syndrome?

K Zerres 1, M Rietschel 1, E Rietschel 1, F Majewski 1, P Meinecke 1
PMCID: PMC1015931  PMID: 1316441

Abstract

We report on a 2 year old boy with an apparently previously undescribed multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome characterised by postnatal short stature, postnatal microcephaly, dysmorphic face, syndactyly 2/5 of the hands and 1/4 of the feet, and brachymesophalangy of fingers 2 and 5.

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