Apparently new syndrome of congenital cataracts, sensorineural deafness, down syndrome-like facial appearance, short stature, and mental retardation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-386

  Gripp, Karen W ^a,b   Nicholson, Linda ^b   Scott Jr , Charles I ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

cataracts; Down like facial appearance; MCA MR syndrome; sensorineural deafness; short stature; skeletal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATARACT; CHILD; DEAFNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; DWARFISM; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030067469     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960202)61:4<382::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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