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Mental retardation — megaepiphyses —ulnar pseudoepiphyses — hypoplastic fibulae — brachymesophalangia: A new syndrome

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The distinctive radiographic features — megaepiphyses, hypoplastic fibulae, ulnar pseudoepiphyses and brachymesophalangy — in a 14-year-old Japanese boy with mental retardation are reported.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan

    G. Nishimura

  2. Department of Radiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead 2124, NSW, Australia

    K. Kozlowski

  3. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kanagawa Children's Medical Centre, Yokohama, Japan

    K. Tachibana

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanagawa Children's Medical Centre, Yokohama, Japan

    K. Kameshita

  5. Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

    S. Ohba

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Nishimura, G., Kozlowski, K., Tachibana, K. et al. Mental retardation — megaepiphyses —ulnar pseudoepiphyses — hypoplastic fibulae — brachymesophalangia: A new syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 26, 556–558 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372241

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