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Nablus Mask-Like Facial Syndrome with Moderate Developmental Delay

Volume 52 · Issue 2 · January 2020 Publish Date: June 5, 2020
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Bahadir Turan
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Agri State Hospital, Agri, Turkey
Mehmet Akif Akinci
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey
Ibrahim Selcuk Esin
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey
Onur Burak Dursun
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Health Science University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
Turan, B., Akinci, M. A., Esin, I. S., & Dursun, O. B. (2020). Nablus Mask-Like Facial Syndrome with Moderate Developmental Delay. The Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 52(2), 229–230. https://doi.org/10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.18448
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Abstract

Nablus mask-like facial syndrome (NMLFS) is defined by distinctive craniofacial appearance including tight-appearing glistening facial skin, blepharophimosis, telecanthus, severe arched eyebrows, flat and broad nose, long philtrum, distinctive ears, unusual hair patterns, mild developmental delay and “happy” disposition. We aim to report a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with NMLFS and moderate developmental delay. Literature emphasis that Intellectual Disability is common in this syndrome though it has been diagnosed to only a few people worldwide.

Cite this article as: Turan B, Akıncı MA, Esin İS, Dursun OB. Nablus Mask-Like Facıal Syndrome with Moderate Developmental Delay. Eurasian J Med 2020; 52(2): 229-30.

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Journal The Eurasian Journal of Medicine
Volume / Issue Volume 52 · Issue 2 · January 2020
Pages 229-230
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Bahadir Turan
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Agri State Hospital, Agri, Turkey
Mehmet Akif Akinci
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey
Ibrahim Selcuk Esin
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey
Onur Burak Dursun
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Health Science University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
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Turan, B., Akinci, M. A., Esin, I. S., & Dursun, O. B. (2020). Nablus Mask-Like Facial Syndrome with Moderate Developmental Delay. The Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 52(2), 229–230. https://doi.org/10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.18448
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