Brachydactyly type A1 with abnormal menisci and scoliosis in three generations

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Raff, M L ^a,b   Leppig, K A ^a,b   Rutledge, J C ^a,b   Weinberger, E ^a,b   Pagon, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachydactyly; Discoid meniscus; Osteochondrodysplasia; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BONE ATROPHY; BRACHYDACTYLY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0031975068     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199801000-00005     Document Type: Article

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