Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 234-238 , October 2009

Pfeiffer-like Syndrome With Holoprosencephaly: A Newborn With Maternal Smoking and Alcohol Exposure

  • Pen-Hua Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Yuh Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Chien-Kuo North Road, Section 1, Taichung 402, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Inn-Chi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yan-Yan Ng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jui-Ming Hu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Suh-Jen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 11 November 2008 ,Revised 12 December 2008 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 234-238 , October 2009

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