Triplets with growth failure, microcephaly, mental retardation, nail hypoplasia and corpus callosum agenesis: Is it a variant of Coffin-Siris or a new syndrome?

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-176

  Kirel, Birgül ^a   Kural, Nurdan ^a   Yakut, Ayten ^a   Adapinar, Baki ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coffin Siris syndrome; Growth failure; Mental retardation; Microcephaly; Nail hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NAIL DISEASE; SYNDROME; TWINS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; NAIL DISEASES; SYNDROME; TRIPLETS;

EID: 0034167971     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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