Two siblings with Bloom's syndrome exhibit different clinical features: Possible effect of sex

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-111

  Boduroǧlu, Koray ^a   Tunçbilek, Ergül ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bloom's syndrome; Clinical heterogeneity; Sex effect; Sun sensitive lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOM SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTHMUND THOMSON SYNDROME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOPSY; BLOOM SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032600597     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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