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Computerized Dysmorphology Database Mackay (CDDM): preliminary report.

C H Hsu·S P Lin·F Y Huang
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A computerized dysmorphology database is useful for the pediatrician and geneticist in the task of diagnosing multiple malformation syndromes in children. We set up a new dysmorphology database "Computerized Dysmorphology Database Mackay (CDDM)" managed by the Clipper program. At present 278 disease entities with their clinical features and references are stored in the database. In this article, we report a practice analysis of ten dysmorphic patients by CDDM. A specific syndrome was accurately and rapidly diagnosed with the aid of CDDM in all ten cases. They serve as examples on how CDDM can be efficiently applied to obtain a short list of syndromes for differential diagnosis.

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Abnormalities, MultipleFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInformation SystemsMaleMicrocomputersSyndromeTaiwanJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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C H Hsu, S P Lin, F Y Huang. Computerized Dysmorphology Database Mackay (CDDM): preliminary report.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8178639/

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