Duane's syndrome and familial perceptive deafness.
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Duane's syndrome and familial perceptive deafness.
A 15-year-old girl, who had a left-sided Duane's syndrome, was noted to be profoundly deaf with a severe speech defect. The deafness had been detected at the age of 5 years and necessitated her attendance at a special school. A slight facial asymmetry was present and she adopted an abnormal head posture, turning the head to the left side. Some degree of mental retardation was present but no oth...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.53.5.335