Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES)

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-47

  Strømme, Petter ^a,b   Sandboe, Frode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; Blepharophimosis syndrome; Chromosome 3q22; Epicanthus inversus; Infertility; Ptosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS PTOSIS EPICANTHUS INVERSUS SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICANTHUS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029864373     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00680.x     Document Type: Article

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