RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing the child with a diagnosis of Moebius syndrome: more than meets the eye
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 843
OP 846
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310043
VO 101
IS 9
A1 Victoria H McKay
A1 Leila L Touil
A1 Dagan Jenkins
A1 Adel Y Fattah
YR 2016
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/9/843.abstract
AB 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.