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Details of eight (possibly nine) patients with autosomal dominant inheritance of the Larsen Syndrome are reported. They are from four generations of one family and particular reference is made to their complex foot deformities.
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Présentation détaillée des observations de huit (et peut-être neuf) patients avec transmission héréditaire autosomique dominante du syndrome de Larsen. Les malades appartiennent à quatre générations de la même famille. On insiste particulièrement sur les malformations complexes des pieds dont ils sont atteints.
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Stanley, D., Seymour, N. The Larsen Syndrome occurring in four generations of one family. International Orthopaedics 8, 267–272 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266871
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