Blepharophimosis, minor facial anomalies, genital anomalies, and mental retardation: Report of two sibs with a unique syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-81

  Nowaczyk, Małgorzata J M ^a,b   Sutcliffe, Trenna L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blepharophimosis; Genital hypoplasia; Gorlin Chaudhry Moss syndrome; New syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDROME;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033527797     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991105)87:1<78::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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