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A sister and brother both with the clinical and radiographic features of Antley-Bixler syndrome are reported. Their parents were first cousins. Analysis of these siblings and seven other patients reported in the literature indicates autosomal recessive inheritance for the syndrome.
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Suzuki, K., Kanda, Y., Sugiyama, K. et al. Antley-Bixler syndrome in a sister and brother. Jap J Human Genet 32, 247–252 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01876879
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