title: Vertebral and eye anomalies, cutis aplasia, and short stature (VECS): a new syndrome?
abstract: We report on a 6-year-old girl with short stature, facial anomalies, cutis aplasia, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, megalocorneae, kyphoscoliosis with multiple segmentation defects of the thoracic vertebrae, and 11 pairs of ribs. These anomalies together may represent a newly recognized syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Medical Genetics Program, Janeway Child Health Centre, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. cprasad@nf.sympatico.ca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Connolly-Wilson
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Rosales
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics*; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012868:Skin Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging