Aviña-Fierro JA, Navarrete CM

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 78-81
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ABSTRACT

Clinical report of a dwarfish girl with delayed growth and development and neurological disorders of pyramidalism and seizures with dysmorphed craniofacial and mental retardation. The genetic study concluded that the disorder was a Da-Silva syndrome: according to the clinical findings and the diagnosis criteria, and the dysgenesia of corpus callosum.

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