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Schaefer-Sorenson syndrome

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Combination of plagiocephaly (unilateral coronal sutures stenosi) strabismus (particularly dissociation of conjugate movements), and torticollis. Prevalent in females.

Bibliography

  • D. B. Archer, D. S. Gordson, C. J. F. Maguire, et al:
    Ophthalmic aspects of craniosynostosis.
    Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom, 1974, 94: 172-196.
  • W. D. Schäfer, N. Sorenson:
    Motilitätsstörungen bei Koronarnaht-Synostosen.
    Meeting of Berufsverband Augenärzte Wiesbaden, Germany, 1979.
  • B. Bagolini, E. C. Campos:
    Plagiocephaly causing superior oblique deficiency and ocular torticollis: A new clinical entity.
    Archives of Ophthalmology, Chicago, 1982, 100: 1093-1096.

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