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Managing the child with a diagnosis of Moebius syndrome: more than meets the eye
Abstract
Moebius syndrome (MBS) is a congenital, non-progressive facial and abducens nerve palsy in the presence of full vertical gaze and may be associated with limb abnormalities and craniofacial dysmorphisms. MBS is now defined as a disorder of rhombencephalic maldevelopment and recent gene discoveries have shown this to be a dominant disorder in a subset of patients. Accurate diagnosis and management by a multidisciplinary team with expertise in congenital facial palsy is paramount.
- Moebius syndrome
- Möbius sequence
- management
- minimum diagnostic criteria
- rhombencephalic maldevelopment