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Accelerated bone maturation syndrome of the weaver type

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A male infant is described with characteristic facial dysmorphism, muscular hypertonia with flexion contractures of the arms and legs, hoarse and low-pitched cry, macrosomia at birth, and dysharmonic acceleration of skeletal maturation in the first months of life. Clinical signs and roentgenographic abnormalities support the diagnosis of the Weaver syndrome.

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  1. Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    P. H. Weisswichert, G. Knapp & E. Willich

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Weisswichert, P.H., Knapp, G. & Willich, E. Accelerated bone maturation syndrome of the weaver type. Eur J Pediatr 137, 329–333 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443267

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