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A male child presented with combined features of neonatal hypoglycemia, omphalocele, hemihyperplasia, macroglossia, ear pits, and organomegaly. His diagnosis represented a complex disorder both phenotypically and genetically.
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El-Darouti, M.A., Al-Ali, F.M. (2019). A Child with Hemihypertrophy, Omphalocele, and Organomegaly. In: Challenging Cases in Dermatology Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21855-3_10
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