Occipital Horn syndrome in a 2-year-old boy

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-183

  De Paepe, A ^a   Loeys, B ^a   Devriendt, K ^b   Fryns, J P ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Gene; Menkes disease; Occipital Horn syndrome; X linked recessive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MENKES SYNDROME; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; OCCIPITAL HORN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLAVICLE; CUTIS LAXA; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINTS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SKULL; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032772614     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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