A case of Perlman syndrome: Fetal gigantism, renal dysplasia, and severe neurological deficits

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-33

  Schilke, Kathrin ^a   Schaefer, Franz ^a   Waldherr, Rüdiger ^b   Rohrschneider, Wiltrud ^a   John, Christoph ^c   Himbert, Urban ^a   Mayatepek, Ertan ^a   Tariverdian, Gholamali ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Germany)

^c St Annastifts Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral atrophy; Fetal overgrowth; Nephroblastomatosis; Nephrogenic rest; Visceromegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GIGANTISM; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERLMAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034006094     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000306)91:1<29::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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