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Apert syndrome

Background

Apert syndrome was first described by a French physician in 1906. It is a rare genetic condition of abnormal craniofacial (skull and face) development and severe syndactyly (fusing of skin and bone) of the hands and feet.

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Medical information written February 2009 by Contact a Family. Last Updated February 2009 by Professor A Wilkie, Nuffield Professor of Pathology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

 

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