Waardenburg syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 656-665

  Read, Andrew P ^a   Newton, Valerie E ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory pigmentary syndromes; Waardenburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COCHLEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EYE; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAIR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROTOPIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STRIA VASCULARIS; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

EID: 0030739603     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.8.656     Document Type: Article

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