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Profound limb deficiency, thoracic anomalies, unusual facies and normal intelligence -; the al-awadi syndrome -; report of a brazilian patient

A. Richieri-Costa

Laboratório de Genética Humana, Hospital de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Lesões Lábio-Palatais, Universidade de São Paulo, 17043 Bauru, SP, Brasil

ABSTRACT

We report on a Brazilian girl presenting severe limb deficiency, abnormally modeled upper ribs, unusual facies and normal intelligence. The clinical aspects involving this patient strongly suggest those reported by Al-Awadi et al. (J. Med. Genet. 22: 36-38, 1985).

Keywords: limb; thoracic; anomalies, facies; intelligence; syndrome.

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