Kenny-Caffey syndrome in six Bedouin sibships: Autosomal recessive inheritance is confirmed

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-132

  Khan, K Tahseen S ^a   Uma, R ^a,c   Usha, R ^a   Al Ghanem, M M ^a   Al Awadi, S A ^b   Farag, T I ^b  

^a AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b Kuwait Maternity Hospital   (Kuwait)

^c Dr Tahseen S Khan   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

autosomal recessive inheritance; heterogeneity; Kenny Caffey syndrome; medullary stenosis and cortical thickening; psychomotor retardation

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CAFFEY DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ARABS; ARM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KUWAIT; LEG; MALE; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031055673     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970317)69:2<126::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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