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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(1):126-129. Published online January 31, 1991.

A Case of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.

E.W. Park¹, D.U. Kim¹, W.H. Choi¹, K.W. Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Pohang Sunlin Hospital, Pohang, Korea

Received: July 24, 1990;  Accepted: September 26, 1990.

Abstract

We experienced a case of Beck with-Wiedemann Syndrome. This 1-day-old female neonate manifested gigantism, macroglossia, anomaly of the umbilical cord, hemihypertrophy, mild he- patomegaly, congenital heart disease and severe hypoglycemia. A brief review of related literature was made.

Keywords :Beckwin-Wiedemann Syndrome;Hemihypertrophy