Dermatosparaxis in Children: A Case Report and Review of the Newly Recognized Phenotype

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1310-1315

  Petty, Elizabeth M ^a   Seashore, Margretta R ^a   Braverman, Irwin M ^a   Spiesel, Sydney Z ^a   Smith, Lynne T ^b   Milstone, Leonard M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT LAXITY; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CASE REPORT; COLLAGEN; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027438015     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1993.01680310080014     Document Type: Article

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