Autosomal dominant inheritance of hypothalamic hamartoma associated with polysyndactyly: Heterogeneity or variable expressivity?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-137

  Grebe, Theresa A ^a,c   Clericuzio, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

dominant inheritance; hypothalamic hamartoma; magnetic resonance imaging; Pallister Hall syndrome; polysyndactyly; Y shaped metacarpal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLAND SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAMARTOMA; HAND DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYDACTYLY; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME; TOES;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0030467817     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961211)66:2<129::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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