Sibs with anencephaly, anophthalmia, clefts, omphalocele, and polydactyly: Hydrolethalus or acrocallosal syndrome?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-234

  Christensen, Benedicte ^a   Blaas, Harm Gerd ^b   Isaksen, Christina Vogt ^b   Roald, Borghild ^a   Ørstavik, Karen Helene ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acrocallosal syndrome; Anencephaly; Anophthalmy; Cleft lip and palate; Hydrolethalus syndrome; Omphalocele; Polydactyly

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ANENCEPHALUS; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOSE MALFORMATION; OMPHALOCELE; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034063023     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000320)91:3<231::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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