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We present two brothers with Multiple Pterygium Syndrome type Escobar. Characteristic findings in this autosomal recessively inherited pterygium syndrome are, in addition to multiple pterygia, short stature, cleft palate, vertebral fusion defects and minor facial anomalies. The adult height in the two male siblings was below the third centile. Secondary sexual development and testicular size were normal, in contrast with the cryptorchidism and pubertal delay documented in most young patients.
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Fryns, J.P., Volcke, P. & van den Berghe, H. Multiple Pterygium Syndrome type Escobar in two brothers Follow-up data from childhood to adulthood. Eur J Pediatr 147, 550–552 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441989
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