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Aase-Smith syndrome

Dr Abhilash Sandhyala and Dr Yuranga Weerakkody et al.

The Aase-Smith syndrome is an extremely rare congenital anomaly primarily characterised by

congenital hypoplastic anaemia - fetal anaemia
triphalangeal thumbs

Etymology

It is named after Jon Morton Aase and David Weyhe Smith (American paediatricians) who characterized it in 1968 ⁵

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