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Sakati Nyhan syndrome

Dr Abhilash Sandhyala and Dr Yuranga Weerakkody et al.

The Sakati Nyhan syndrome (acrocephalosyndactly type III) is an extremely rare type of acrocephalopolysyndactyly.

Its main features include

Etymology

It was first described by Nadia Awni Sakati, William Leo Nyhan and W K Tisdale in 1971 ¹.

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1. Sakati N, Nyhan WL, Tisdale WK. A new syndrome with acrocephalopolysyndactyly, cardiac disease, and distinctive defects of the ear, skin, and lower limbs. J. Pediatr. 1971;79 (1): 104-9. - Pubmed citation