A neuropsychiatric disorder associated with dense calcification of the external ears and distal muscle wasting: 'Primrose syndrome'

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Lindor, N M ^a   Hoffman, A D ^a   Primrose, D A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Royal Scottish National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auricle calcification; Calcified pinnae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; EAR CARTILAGE; EXTERNAL EAR; FACE DYSMORPHIA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; EAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030048992     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199601000-00004     Document Type: Article

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