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Published in: Pediatric Radiology 9/2010

01-09-2010 | Clinical Image

Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: diagnosis using hand radiograph performed for bone age

Authors: Giampiero Beluffi, Salvatore Savasta

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 9/2010

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A boy aged 4 years 10 months with growth and weight retardation was admitted to our hospital. He presented with generalized hypotonia, seizures, impaired gait, peculiar facies (frontal bossing, epicanthus, irregularly shaped and low-set ears), hypospadia with undescended testes and skeletal anomalies (bilateral clubfoot, fourth-toe clinodactyly). …
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Metadata
Title
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: diagnosis using hand radiograph performed for bone age
Authors
Giampiero Beluffi
Salvatore Savasta
Publication date
01-09-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 9/2010
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1490-4

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