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Two siblings are described with clinical features of the Joubert-Boltshauser syndrome. Both had polydactyly and one had fleshy tumours of the tongue. Computed tomography of the brain showed hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, associated in one case with a cyst of the fourth ventricle.

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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1982 Aug; 45(8): 737–739.
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PMID: 7131000

Joubert–Boltshauser syndrome with polydactyly in siblings

Abstract

Two siblings are described with clinical features of the Joubert–Boltshauser syndrome. Both had polydactyly and one had fleshy tumours of the tongue. Computed tomography of the brain showed hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, associated in one case with a cyst of the fourth ventricle.

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