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The case of a 13-year-old girl with tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome is presented. It is characterized by sparse and slow growing hair, pear-shaped nose and coneshaped epiphyses of hands and feet. The inheritance pattern is probably autosomal dominant transmission.
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Fukushima, N., Anakura, M., Arashima, S. et al. Tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome. Hum Genet 32, 207–210 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291506
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