Postnatal structure of the sella turcica in down syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-188

  Russell, Bjørn G ^a   Kjær, Inger ^b  

^a Copenhagen Co Dent Clin H ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Postnatal; Prenatal; Radiography; Sella turcica; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SELLA TURCICA;

TURCICA;

EID: 0032706587     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991119)87:2<183::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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