Population
People with Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS)
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May aid clinical recognition of Smith-Magenis syndrome; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic utility.
The spasmodic upper-body squeeze, or 'self-hug', is a highly characteristic behavioral phenotype and useful diagnostic marker for Smith-Magenis syndrome.
Finucane et al. (1994) studied this question.
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