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| | Marden-Walker syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Marden and Walker described in 1966 a female infant with blepharophimosis, joint contractures, arachnodactyly and growth and developmental delay, who died of pneumonia at 3 months. |
 | | MWS signs are mostly present in the neonatal period and the most frequent manifestations include multiple congenital joint contractures, dysmorphic features with a mask-like face, blepharophimosis, ptosis, micrognathia, cleft or high-arched palate, low-set ears, arachnodactyly, decreased muscular mass. |
 | | Initially described as a syndrome, this condition is more likely to be the phenotypic expression of various heterogeneous diseases and belongs to group II in the classification of arthrogryposis. |
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