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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1976;19(10):713-716. Published online October 31, 1976.

A Case of Pierre Robin Syndrome

Sung Chui Son¹, Ik Jun Lee¹, Hoe Kun Moon¹

¹Department of Pediatrcis, Catholic Medical College,Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The author’s have presented a case of Pierre Robin’s syndrome in a 40 days old Korea female infant, whose birth weight was 3.5 kg by spontaneous vacummed delivery, and gestation, period was 42 weeks. Since 2 days after birth, dyspnea & feeding difficulty were developed following frequent attack of chocking spell. There was non specific maternal and family history. Physical examinations revealed the micrognathia, glossoptossis and cleft palate. Chromosomal analysis of this patient was normal pattern. The literature was reviewed briefly.

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