Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, congenital diminution of the space between the eyelids.
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- noun A condition involving
bilateral ptosis with reducedeyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flatnasal bridge , andhypoplastic orbital rim .
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Examples
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FOXL2 causes the blepharophimosis, ptosis and epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) and predisposes to premature ovarian failure.
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Crisponi L, Deiana M, Loi A, Chiappe F, Uda M, et al. (2001) The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mara Marongiu et al. 2010
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FOXL2 causes the blepharophimosis, ptosis and epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) and predisposes to premature ovarian failure.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mara Marongiu et al. 2010
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FOXL2 causes the blepharophimosis, ptosis and epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) and predisposes to premature ovarian failure.
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Mutations in FOXL2 cause the blepharophimosis, ptosis and epicanthus inversus syndrome
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mara Marongiu et al. 2010
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