Incidence and spectrum of renal abnormalities in Williams-Beuren syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 301-304

  Pankau, Rainer ^a,d   Partsch, Carl Joachim ^c   Winter, Martin ^a   Gosch, Angela ^a   Wessel, Armin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d ST BERNWARD KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

renal abnormalities; ultrasonography; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0029931944     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960503)63:1<301::AID-AJMG49>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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