Moebius syndrome (moebius sequence)
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Moebius syndrome
Moebius syndrome is a rare, nonprogressive neurological disorder (prevalence is estimated to be 0.002% of births) characterized by unilateral or bilateral facial paralysis and defective extraocular eye movements secondary to congenital paresis of the facial (VII) and abducens (VI) cranial nerves. These classic features of the syndrome are often accompanied by hypoglossal (XII), trigeminal (V), ...
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Moebius syndrome consists of congenital complete or partial facial nerve palsy with or without paralysis of other cranial nerves (most commonly an abducens paralysis) and often associated with other malformations of the limbs and orofacial structures. The first description of congenital facial diplegia was given by von Graaefe in 18801 and this was soon followed by other reports. Moebius2 3 dre...
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A girl aged 21⁄2/ years with Moebius syndrome was found to have a deletion of band q12.2 in chromosome 13 (46,XX,del(13Xq12.2)). This is the second report concerning involvement of chromosome 13q and Moebius syndrome. The observation raises the possibility that a gene responsible for Moebius syndrome is located in this region of chromosome 13. Moebius syndrome (MS) consists of congenital facial...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0019-5421,0973-7707
DOI: 10.1007/bf03022714