title: Seckel syndrome: a rare case report.
abstract: Seckel syndrome (SS) is a rare, autosomal recessive syndrome; characterized by severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, microcephaly, mental retardation, and typical facial appearance with beaklike protrusion of the midface (bird headed). In addition to the characteristic craniofacial dysmorphism and skeletal defects, abnormalities have been described in the cardiovascular, hematopoietic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. Usually such patients have poor psychomotor development. This case report presents an 8-year-old child with SS born to parents, exposed in Bhopal gas disaster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Rishi Raj College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, .
authors.forename: Rinky
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sisodia
authors.forename: Ravi Kadur Sundar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.forename: Vipin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome