MULTIPLE PTERYGIUM SYNDROME IN 5 ARAB SIBS
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 30 (2) , 122-125
Abstract
This report describes an Arab family in which the parents are first cousins and with 5 siblings having multiple pterygium syndrome. The last pregnancy which produced an affected sib was prenatally diagnosed by ultrasonography. Intrafamilial variability of clinical features is discussed. The report stresses the importance of the differentiation between various genetic entities with multiple pterygium.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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