Craniofacial anomalies, severe cerebellar hypoplasia, psychomotor and growth delay in a child with congenital hypothyroidism

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-378

  Mauceri, Laura ^a   Ruggieri, Martino ^a,b   Pavone, Vito ^a   Rizzo, Renata ^a   Sorge, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellar hypoplasia; Congenital hypothyroidism; Craniofacial anomalies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYCEPHALY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; STRABISMUS;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0030819983     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199710000-00013     Document Type: Article

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