A case associated with Walker Warburg syndrome phenotype and homozygous pericentric inversion 9: Coincidental finding or aetiological factor?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 579-583

  Baltaci, V ^a   Ors R ^c   Kaya, M ^c   Balci, S ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Genetics ^*

Author keywords

Chromosome 9 pericentric inversion; Consanguinity; Homozygosity; Walker Warburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; METAPHASE; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METAPHASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033063010     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950169639     Document Type: Article

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