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Management and Treatment of “Complex Neurofibromatosis 1”
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MASA syndrome: further clinical delineation and chromosomal localisation
MASA syndrome (mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait and adducted thumbs) is an X-linked disorder first described in 1974. Since that time, two further pedigrees have been reported with similar features....