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A Case of Young-Simpson Syndrome  

Hwang, Ja-Young (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Seo, Se-Young (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Hahn, Seong-Hoon (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, So-Young (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Hyun-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Wonbae (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.48, no.9, 2005 , pp. 1016-1018 More about this Journal
Abstract
Young Simpson syndrome is a rare malformation syndrome characterized by congenital hypothyroidism, dysmorphic face, mental retardation, severe postnatal growth retardation, hypotonia and congenital heart abnormalities. In the present study, we report a case of 4-year-old girl with Young Simpson syndrome for the first case in Korea.
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Young Simpson syndrome;
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