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Schwartz-Jampel syndrome associated with von Willebrand's disease

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We report a very rare case of Schwartz-Jampel syndrome associated with von Willibrand's disease. This association might be coincidental because of the different modes of inheritance of the two disorders. However, we speculate that there might be some link between the two disorders, for example in the locus of the affected gene.

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  1. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, 890, Kagoshima, Japan

    K. Shinmyozu, M. Osame & A. Igata

  2. Department of Neurology, National Hospital of Okinawa, 901-22, Okinawa, Japan

    M. Kuriyama & M. Kawahira

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  1. M. Kuriyama
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Kuriyama, M., Shinmyozu, K., Osame, M. et al. Schwartz-Jampel syndrome associated with von Willebrand's disease. J Neurol 232, 49–51 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314041

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