Overlap of dyskeratosis congenita with the Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 390-393

  Yaghmai, Reza ^a,b,c,d,e   Kimyai Asadi, Arash ^a,b,c,d   Rostamiani, Karoline ^a,b,c,d   Heiss, Nina S ^a,b,c,d   Poustka, Annemarie ^a,b,c,d   Eyaid, Wafaa ^a,b,c,d   Bodurtha, Joann ^a,b,c,d   Nousari, Hossein C ^a,b,c,d   Hamosh, Ada ^a,b,c,d   Metzenberg, Aida ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; HOYERAAL HREIDARSSON SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0033929321     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2000.104295     Document Type: Article

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