Abstract
We report a patient with a mild form of the Baller-Gerold syndrome (craniosynostosis-radial aplasia syndrome). The patient, a 3-year 3 month-old boy, has trigonocephaly with bilateral absent radii and thumbs. His growth parameters and psychomotor development have been normal. No visceral anomalies were found. This patient represents a new case of the rare mild form of the syndrome.
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Abbreviations
- BGS :
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Baller-Gerold syndrome
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Fuentes, F.J.R., Nicholson, L. & Scott, C.I. Phenotypic variability in the Baller-Gerold syndrome: Report of a mildly affected patient and review of the literature. Eur J Pediatr 153, 483–487 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957001
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