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Bickers-Adams syndrome
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Bickers-Adams syndrome is a rare sex-linked cause of hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Physical Examination
Neurologic
- Mental retardation
- Flexion deformities and spasticity of the extremities
- Shuffling gait
- Aphasia
- Adducted thumbs
- Complicated paraplegia
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