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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 270-272 |
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Sclerosterosis (Truswell-Hansen disease)
S Deepak Amalnath, M Vivekanandan
Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
Correspondence Address:
S Deepak Amalnath
Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.116109
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Sclerosteosis or Truswell-Hansen disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by dense bones, tall stature, and syndactyly. Most of the reports are from South Africa. Here we report the first such case from India. |
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