Unique case of growth hormone (GH) deficiency accompanied by clinical anophthalmia, hypoplastic orbits, digital dysplasia, short stature, obesity, and diabetes mellitus

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-196

  Ishikawa, Kimiko ^a   Sohmiya, Motoi ^a   Ohguni, Satoshi ^a   Sato, Toshiaki ^a   Tanigawa, Kciichiro ^a   Kato, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical anophthalmia; Congenital anomaly; Diabetes mellitus; GH deficiency; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; OBESITY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ANOPHTHALMOS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DWARFISM; FEMALE; FINGERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; ORBIT; TOES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030003462     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960409)67:2<191::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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