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Ablepharon-Macrostomia Syndrome (AMS)

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ablepharon-macrostomia syndrome.

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At a Glance, Incidence, Genetic Inheritance, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Clinical Aspects, Precautions before Anesthesia, Anesthetic Considerations and Pharmacological Implications, Other Conditions to Be Considered, References

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"Quantitative and qualitative defects in development of the prosencephalic neural crest. Fish-like facial (mouth) appearance. Other craniofacial anomalies include triangularly shaped face, small nose, partial absence of tissue (coloboma) from the midportion of nostril walls. Heart, kidney, and liver anomalies are present, especially in neonates. Other features include skin and genitalia anomalies, absent eyelids, alopecia totalis, camptodactyly. Infants and children with AMS show delayed language development and mental retardation...."

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