Opitz G/BBB syndrome: Clinical comparisons of families linked to Xp22 and 22q, and a review of the literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-317

  Robin, Nathaniel H ^a,f   Opitz, John M ^b,c   Muenke, Maximilian ^d,e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Foundation for Developmental and Medical Genetics   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f Center for Human Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome 22; heterogeneity; hypertelorism hypospadias syndrome; Opitz G BBB syndrome; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME XP; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOSPADIAS; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029990045     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960329)62:3<305::AID-AJMG20>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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