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Deletion 18p associated with a single maxillary incisor: a case study

Estela Morales-Peralta; Aracely Lantigua

Centro Nacional de Genética Médica, Escuela de Medicina Victoria de Girón, 146 # 3102, Playa, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba. Send correspondence to E.M.-P.

ABSTRACT

We describe a patient with del(18p) syndrome and with a single central maxillary incisor (SCMI). There are few reports on this association. SCMI could be a less severe form of holoprosencephaly in del(18p) syndrome.

Keywords: deletion 18p; single maxillary; incisor.

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