Another "new" form, the palagonia type of acrofacial dysostosis in a sicilian family

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 388-394

  Sorge, Giovanni ^a   Pavone, Lorenzo ^a   Polizzi, Agata ^a   Mauceri, Laura ^a   Leonardi, Rosalia Maria ^a   Tripi, Teresa ^a   Opitz, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrofacial dysostosis; Aplasia cutis verticis; Dominant inheritance; Oligodontia; Pili torti; Syndactyly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OLIGODONTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; SICILY; TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY;

EID: 0030915283     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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