Severe limb abnormalities: Nievergelt or new syndrome?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-51

  Vasil, M ^a   Baxova, A ^b   Kozlowski, K ^c,d  

^a Regional Hospital   (Slovakia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d New Children's Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

acromelic malformation; mesomelic dysostosis; Nievergelt syndrome; sporadic occurrence oligo syndactyly

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DYSOSTOSIS; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030999031     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970502)70:1<48::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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