A case of megalocornea-mental retardation syndrome complicated with bilateral sensorineural hearing impairment

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 392-394

  Tominaga, Norio ^a   Kondoh, Tatsuro ^a   Kamimura, Naohisa ^a   Matsumoto, Tadashi ^a   Matsuzaka, Tetsuo ^a   Oshima, Kenji ^b   Nishimura, Gen ^c   Tsuji, Yoshiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Department of Surgical and Molecular Pathology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Megalocornea mental retardation syndrome; Sensorineural deafness; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORNEA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SYNDROME;

CORNEA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032790311     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200x.1999.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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