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Is apert syndrome contagious in children via saliva or touch?
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No: Apert syndrome is not a contagious illness.It is a recognized pattern of human malformation involving events during fetal development.Cases are thought to arise from a new mutation in genes, with a frequency of 1/70, 000 births.
Answered 12/28/2013
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