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Fryns syndrome: another example of non-lethal outcome with severe mental handicap.
Genet Couns. 1992; 3(4):187-93.GC

Abstract

In this report we present clinical data of a patient with Fryns syndrome who survived the neonatal period. Two sibs died intra-uterine. The syndrome is characterized by craniofacial dysmorphism, diaphragmatic hernia and distal limb hypoplasia. Lethality in most cases is caused by the diaphragmatic hernia with concomitant lung hypoplasia. In patients with Fryns syndrome presenting without the diaphragmatic defect and lung-hypoplasia, survival beyond the neonatal period is possible; mental retardation is present in all four patients described so far. This report illustrates, once more, the great intrafamilial variation of the syndrome and emphasises its important consequences for genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Hanssen AM
Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Schrander-Stumpel CT
No affiliation info available
Thiry PA
No affiliation info available
Fryns JP
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Abnormalities, MultipleChildChild, PreschoolFacial BonesFemaleFetal DeathFingersFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntellectual DisabilityLungSyndrome

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

1472353

Citation

Hanssen, A M., et al. "Fryns Syndrome: Another Example of Non-lethal Outcome With Severe Mental Handicap." Genetic Counseling (Geneva, Switzerland), vol. 3, no. 4, 1992, pp. 187-93.
Hanssen AM, Schrander-Stumpel CT, Thiry PA, et al. Fryns syndrome: another example of non-lethal outcome with severe mental handicap. Genet Couns. 1992;3(4):187-93.
Hanssen, A. M., Schrander-Stumpel, C. T., Thiry, P. A., & Fryns, J. P. (1992). Fryns syndrome: another example of non-lethal outcome with severe mental handicap. Genetic Counseling (Geneva, Switzerland), 3(4), 187-93.
Hanssen AM, et al. Fryns Syndrome: Another Example of Non-lethal Outcome With Severe Mental Handicap. Genet Couns. 1992;3(4):187-93. PubMed PMID: 1472353.
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