Optic nerve hypoplasia with posterior pituitary ectopia: Male predominance and nonassociation with breech delivery

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 238-239

  Brodsky, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033011286     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00338-9     Document Type: Article

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