Cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome a distinct entity? Report of three patients demonstrating the diagnostic difficulties in delineation of CFC syndrome

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-46

  Wieczorek, Dagmar ^a   Majewski, Frank ^b   Gillessen Kaesbach, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardio facio cutaneous (CFC) syndrome; Costello syndrome; Dysmorphic craniofacial appearance; Ectodermal anomalies; Heart defects; Mental retardation; Noonan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOFACIOCUTANEOUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COSTELLO SYNDROME; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NOONAN SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030786932     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02512.x     Document Type: Article

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