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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(4):436-440. Published online April 30, 1986.

A Case of the Dubowitz Syndrome.

Kyung Ae Lee¹, Chi Ho Yun¹, Jae Sun Jung¹, Hee Ju Kim¹, Sung Ill Ahn¹, Hyung Ro Moon²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Eul Ji General Hospital
²Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University

Abstract

The Dubowitz syndrome is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, postnanal growth retardation, peculiar facial appearance, short stature, low birth weight, microcephaly and borderline intelligence or mild mental retardation. We reported a typical case of the Dubowitz syndrome in a full term male infant together with a brief review of pertinent literatures since the incidence of the Dubowitz syndrome is very rare and as far as we know, this is the first documented case in Koreans.

Keywords :Dubowitz syndrome; Low birth-weight dwarfism; Autosomal recessive inheritance