Char syndrome: A new family and review of the literature emphasising the presence of symphalangism and the variable phenotype

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-182

  Sweeney, Elizabeth ^a   Fryer, Alan ^a   Walters, Mallt ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Char syndrome; Clinodactyly; Facial dysmorphism; Patent ductus arteriosus; Symphalangism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FACIES; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033945792     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200009030-00005     Document Type: Article

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