The syndromes of Sotos and Weaver: Reports and review

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 294-304

  Opitz, John M ^a,d   Weaver, David W ^b   Reynolds Jr , James F ^c  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shodair   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Heterogeneity; Nosology; Sotos syndrome; Weaver syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOTOS SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION; WEAVER SYNDROME;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC COUNSELING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SYNDROME;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032475886     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981002)79:4<294::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Conference Paper

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