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Fetal face syndrome with mental retardation

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Two cases of a variant of the fetal face syndrome are described. The affected babies were born from two consecutive pregnancies to the same gypsy parents. In addition to the classical syndrome, both cases showed a severe feeding difficulties, failure to thrive and severe psychomotoric retardation and one of them cleft lip and palate.

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  1. E. Seemanová

    Present address: Laboratory for Genetics, University Children's Hospital Motol, Motol, V úvalu 84, CS-15006, Praha 5, Czechoslovakia

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  1. Laboratory for Genetics of University Children's Hospital Motol, Institute of Care for Mother and Child, Praha

    E. Seemanová, J. E. Jirásek, M. Ševčíková, J. Jodl & J. Kreisinger

  2. Department of Pediatrics of General Hospital, Ostrava 1. Children's Clinic, Praha

    E. Seemanová, J. E. Jirásek, M. Ševčíková, J. Jodl & J. Kreisinger

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Seemanová, E., Jirásek, J.E., Ševčíková, M. et al. Fetal face syndrome with mental retardation. Humangenetik 23, 79–81 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295686

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