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Stapes fixation and proximal symphalangism

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The syndrome of stapes fixation and proximal symphalangism has been described in a 7-year-old female. Her mother had similar bony alterations but was not deaf.

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Beschreibung des Syndroms der Stapes-Fixierung und proximalen Symphalangie bei einem 7jährigen Mädchen. Die Mutter des Kindes bot ähnliche Knochenveränderungen, war aber nicht taub.

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  1. Division of Oral Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Robert J. Gorlin

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Glenn Kietzer

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Justin Wolfson

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  1. Robert J. Gorlin
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This study was made possible in part by U.S.P.H.S. Program Grant in Oral Pathology DE-1770.

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Gorlin, R.J., Kietzer, G. & Wolfson, J. Stapes fixation and proximal symphalangism. Z. Kinder-Heilk. 108, 12–16 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440561

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