Pili torti and sensorineural hearing loss. A follow-up of Bjornstad's original patients and a review of the literature

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-97

  Selvaag, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bjornstad's syndrome; Pili torti; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; TWISTED HAIR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, RECESSIVE; HAIR; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033999992     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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