Barraquer-Simons syndrome (with sensorineural deafness): A contribution to the differential diagnosis of lipodystrophy syndromes

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-400

  Spranger, Stephanie ^a   Spranger, Matthias ^a   Tasman, Abel Jan ^a   Reith, Wolfgang ^a   Voigtländer, Theda ^a   Voigtländer, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Barraquer Simons syndrome; Hydrocephalus; Lipodystrophy; Partial lipodystrophy; Sensorineural deafness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIPODYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIPODYSTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0030756662     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970905)71:4<397::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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