Sotos syndrome (cerebral gigantism): A clinical and radiological study of 14 cases from Saudi Arabia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-203

  Al Rashed, Abdulaziz ^a,b   Al Jarallah, Ahmed A ^a   Salih, Mustafa A M ^a   Kolawole, Taiyewo ^a   Al Jarallah, Jamal ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSANGUINITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PROGNATHIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SOTOS SYNDROME; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032971995     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992536     Document Type: Article

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