Familial Williams-Beuren syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 491-493

  Õunap, Katrin ^a,b,c,d   Laidre, Piret ^a,b,c   Bartsch, Oliver ^a,b,d   Rein, Reet ^a,b,c,d   Lipping Sitska, Mari ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Tartu University Children's Hospital   (Estonia)

^c Infants Home of Tartu   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defect; Familial; Mental retardation; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0032545468     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981228)80:5<491::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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