Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VII: Clinical features and molecular defects

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-238

  Giunta, Cecilia ^a   Superti Furga, Andrea ^a   Spranger, Stephanie ^b   Cole, William G ^c   Steinmann, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033022255     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199902000-00010     Document Type: Article

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