%0 Journal Article
%T S¨ªndrome de Moebius. A prop¨®sito de un caso
%A Sixto Fuentes
%A Sahely
%A Ortega L¨®pez
%A Matilde
%A Aguilar Puentes
%A Mabel Veneranda
%A Vald¨¦s Hern¨¢ndez
%A Humberto
%A Mart¨ªnez Quetglas
%A Razel
%J Revista de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas de Pinar del R£¿-o
%D 2011
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X in 1880 von graefe and saemish grouped some patients with infrequent non progressive congenital disorders in facial region which was later described by julius moebius in 1888, as a moebius syndrome, defined as ¡°congenital paralysis¡± of the nucleus of the 6th cranial nerves, 7th external motor ocular nerve, facial and other cranial nerves as: 12th, 3rd hypoglossal, common motor ocular which clinical spectrum is variable; other cranial nerves are affected and it is associated with multiple malformations. clinical and ophthalmologic characteristics of a female patient who was diagnosed with this genetic syndrome were presented. as this is a very rare condition, many patients were condemned to be treated as mentally handicapped, where social support is indispensable for both patients and families.
%K moebius syndrome
%K eye abnormalities.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-31942011000300021&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en