Dentofacial Growth in Patients with Sotos Syndrome
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Dentofacial growth in patients with Sotos syndrome.
Sotos syndrome is an overgrowth syndrome leading to peculiar facial characteristics, large hands and feet, and mental retardation. The maxillofacial characteristics are metopic protrusion, a high and narrow palate and a tapered mandible. In this study, we evaluated changes in maxillofacial growth in 2 patients with cerebral gigantism during the peripubertal period. Patient 1 was a boy aged 8 ye...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0040-8891
DOI: 10.2209/tdcpublication.48.73