Dubowitz syndrome and achalasia: Two rare conditions in a child

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-200

  Nowicki, Michael J ^a   Peterson, Richard B ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DUBOWITZ SYNDROME; ECZEMA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FACIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0031896169     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700307     Document Type: Article

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