Blepharophimosis: A causally heterogeneous malformation frequently associated with developmental disabilities

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-54

  Cunniff, Christopher ^a   Curtis, Mary ^b   Hassed, Susan J ^b   Hoyme, H Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharophimosis; Blepharophimosis syndrome; Developmental delay; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHROMOSOME 4; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031984609     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980106)75:1<52::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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