An orthopaedic scoring system for nail-patella syndrome and application to a kindred with variable expressivity and glaucoma

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 624-631

  Farley, Frances A ^a   Lichter, Paul R ^a   Downs, Catherine A ^a   McIntosh, Iain ^b   Vollrath, Douglas ^c   Richards, Julia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iliac horns; LMXIB; Modifying alleles; Nail aplasia; NPS; Open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NAIL DYSPLASIA; NAIL PATELLA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLAUCOMA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL-PATELLA SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032858717     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199909000-00014     Document Type: Article

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