Expansion of the phenotype in Hennekam syndrome: A case with new manifestations

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-214

  Angle, Brad ^a,b   Hersh, Joseph H ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart defect; Hennekam syndrome; Intestinal lymphangiectasia; Lymphedema; Rectal prolapse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; LYMPHEDEMA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SYNDROME; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; LYMPHEDEMA; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030844485     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970808)71:2<211::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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