Genetics of Carney complex and related familial lentiginoses, and other multiple tumor syndromes

Pediatric Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-68

  Stratakis, Constantine A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial dissections; Carney complex; Genetics; Lentigines; LEOPARD syndrome; Multiple endocrine neoplasia; Myxoma; Peutz Jeghers syndrome; Review; Ruvalcaba Myhre Smith syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWDEN SYNDROME; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; LENTIGINOSIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033945831     PISSN: 15227952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513810009168808     Document Type: Review

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