Cataracts, radiculomegaly, septal heart defects and hearing loss in two unrelated adult females with normal intelligence and similar facial appearance: Confirmation of a syndrome?

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-103

  Aalfs, C M ^a   Oosterwijk, J C ^b   Van Schooneveld, M J ^c   Begeman, C J ^b   Wabeke, K B ^d   Hennekam, R C M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cataract; congenital heart defect; hearing loss; microphthalmia; oligodontia; radiculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CATARACT; FACE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; SKULL; SYNDROME; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 0029929929     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199604000-00001     Document Type: Article

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