THREE CASES OF ACHONDROPLASIA WITH NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS
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Three cases of achondroplasia with neurological complications.
The role played by congenital malformations of the skull and spine in the production of lesions of the central nervous system has been increasingly appreciated in recent years. In the skull premature synostosis of the sutures of the vault (craniostenosis) can lead to optic atrophy and symptoms of intracranial hypertension. Hydrocephalus and compression of the brain stem and upper cervical cord ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1952
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.15.4.246