Costello syndrome with acoustic neuroma and cataract. Is the Costello locus linked to neurofibromatosis type 2 on 22q?

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-151

  Suri, Mohnish ^a   Garrett, Christine ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 22; Costcllo syndrome; Neurofibromatosis type 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; FACE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH DISORDER; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FACE; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032036801     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199804000-00014     Document Type: Article

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