Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 36-38 , February 2009

Möbius Syndrome as a Syndrome of Rhombencephalic Maldevelopment: A Case Report

  • Hsueh-Ting Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chiao-Wen Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ping-Hong Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chu-Chin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 12 May 2008 ,Revised 15 October 2008 ,Accepted 1 December 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60028-0

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60028-0

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 36-38 , February 2009

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