Maxillofacial Changes in Melnick-Needles Syndrome

• Main Authors: Leilane Larissa Albuquerque do Nascimento (Author), Monica da Consolação Canuto Salgueiro (Author), Mariana Quintela (Author), Victor Perez Teixeira (Author), Ana Carolina Costa Mota (Author), Camila Haddad Leal de Godoy (Author), Sandra Kalil Bussadori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Melnick-Needles Syndrome is rare congenital hereditary skeletal dysplasia caused by mutations in the FLNA gene, which codifies the protein filamin A. This condition leads to serious skeletal abnormalities, including the stomatognathic region. Case Presentation. This paper describes the c...