Brachydactyly type B with its distinct facies and 'cooks syndrome' are the same entity

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  De Ravel, T J L ^a   Berkowitz, D E ^a,c   Wagner, J M ^b   Jenkins, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachydactyly type B; Cooks syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYDACTYLY; CASE REPORT; FACIES; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

EID: 0033009879     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199901000-00008     Document Type: Article

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