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Hydranencephaly in Association with Roberts Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Chris E.U. Ekong*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada
Bohdan Rozdilsky
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada
*
Department of Neurosciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W8.
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A clinicopathological study in a case of Roberts syndrome (tetraphocomelia, cleft lip and palate, and phallic hypertrophy) is reported. This patient had hydranencephaly and imperforate anus, two additional congenital abnormalities so far not reported in this syndrome.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1978

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