title: [Coffin-Lowry syndrome]
abstract: OBJECTIVE: To promote the diffusion of the knowledge on the Coffin-Lowry syndrome and to contribute to the outline of the disease.METHODS: Case report.RESULTS: The clinical signs of a patient with the Coffin-Lowry syndrome are described and discussed.CONCLUSIONS: The Coffin-Lowry syndrome, a X-linked genetic disease, is probably underdiagnosed in Brazil. The typical facies, dental-skeletal anomalies and mental retardation suggest the diagnosis, which can be clinically established by radiographic study of the hands.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guitti
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Peres