Short stature-valvular heart disease-characteristic facies syndrome
Short stature-valvular heart disease-characteristic facies syndrome is characterised by severe short stature with disproportionately short legs small hands clinodactyly valvular heart disease and dysmorphism (ptosis high-arched palate abnormal dentition). It has been described in a mother and two daughters. This syndrome is probably transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.
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