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Pierre Robin described a group of patients with cleft palate, micrognathia, and glossoptosis in 1923 (Robin 1923). The meticulous documentation of the triad of findings led to the recognition of the sequence that bears his name (Randall et al. 1965). Pierre Robin sequence is estimated to affect approximately 1 in 8,500 births (Bush and Williams 1983).

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Chen, H. (2016). Pierre Robin Sequence. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_192-2

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