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Dyssegmental dysplasia in a South African neonate

Winship WS, Beighton P

Clinical dysmorphology, 2008

Abstract

A female neonate born to nonconsanguineous Zulu parents had dyssegmental dysplasia, Silverman-Handmaker type. This condition has not previously been reported from the continent of Africa. She died at the age of 4 months following the development of pneumonia complicated by an unexplained anaemia.

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