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A baby girl exhibited features typical of anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in addition to recurrent erosions, deformed ears, eye disorders, and cleft palate. Exclusion of other types of ectodermal dysplasia promoted the diagnosis of this extremely rare syndrome.
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El-Darouti, M.A., Al-Ali, F.M. (2019). Ectodermal Dysplasia with Cleft Palate and Ankyloblepharon. In: Challenging Cases in Dermatology Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21855-3_20
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