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Facial Difference

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
These will depend upon the cause of the facial disfigurement.

Prenatal diagnosis
This will depend on the cause of the disfigurement.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved by Dr M Patton, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, St George's Hospital Medical School London and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Last updated June 2000 by Professor N Rumsey. Last reviewed April 2005 by Professor N Rumsey, Centre for Appearance and Disfigurement Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

 

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