Broad Thumbs and Toes with Mental Retardation; Syndrome of Rubinstein and Taybi
Abstract
Seeing the unusual syndrome in
an Indonesian baby we considered
publication worthwhile.
The Rubinstein and Taybi syndro-
me consists of a large number of
congenital anomalies. Some of these
are common to all cases, many are
seen in some cases only.
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Accepted 2017-06-04
Published 2017-06-09
