A new Seckel-like syndrome of primordial dwarfism

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 447-452

  Buebel, Michael S ^a   Salinas, Carlos F ^b   Pai, G Shashidhar ^a,b   Macpherson, Roderick I ^b   Greer, Margaret K ^a   Perez Comas, Adolfo ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

cleft palate; craniofacial anomalies; dysharmonic skeletal maturation; hirsutism; hypodontia; mental retardation; microcephaly; primordial dwarfism; Seckel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPODONTIA; LIMB MALFORMATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECKEL SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DWARFISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PELVIS; SPINE; SYNDROME; THORAX;

EID: 0029814332     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960823)64:3<447::AID-AJMG1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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