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Hot cross bun sign and prominent cerebellar peduncle involvement in a patient with oculodentodigital dysplasia

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  1. 1st Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, 72-74 Vas. Sophias Ave., 11528, Athens, Greece

    Vasilios C. Constantinides, George P. Paraskevas & Elisabeth Kapaki

  2. Department of Molecular Genetics, Cephalogenetics Diagnostic Center, Athens, Greece

    Stefania Kalogera & Christos Yapijakis

  3. 1st Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Aghia Sophia Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Christos Yapijakis

  4. Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Christos Yapijakis

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Characteristic hypoplastic nostrils of a narrow, pinched nose of the patient (a, b). Bilateral operated syndactyly of IV-V fingers (c) (PNG 748 kb)

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Constantinides, V.C., Paraskevas, G.P., Kalogera, S. et al. Hot cross bun sign and prominent cerebellar peduncle involvement in a patient with oculodentodigital dysplasia. Neurol Sci 42, 343–345 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04569-1

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