Congenital stapes ankylosis, broad thumbs, and hyperopia: Report of a family and refinement of a syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 404-408

  Milunsky, Jeff ^a   Suntra, Charles ^a   MacDonald, C Bruce ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; Broad thumbs; Conductive hearing loss; Hyperopia; Stapes ankylosis

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACIO AUDIO SYMPHALANGISM SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; TEUNISSEN CREMERS SYNDROME; THUMB MALFORMATION;

ADULT; ANKYLOSIS; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAND DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; STAPES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033582552     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990219)82:5<404::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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