Severe mental retardation with marfanoid habitus in a young Lebanese male. A diagnostic challenge

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-200

  Mégareané, André ^b   Chammas, C ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b St Joseph Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Dysmorphology; Lujan Fryns; Marfanoid habitus; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FRYNS SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MARFANOID HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0030847759     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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