Ophthalmic manifestations of Allgrove syndrome: Report of a case

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-233

  Tsilou, Ekaterini ^a   Stratakis, Constantine A ^b   Rubin, Benjamin I ^a   Hay, Beverly N ^c   Patronas, Nickolas ^d   Kaiser Kupfer, Muriel I ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Adrenal insufficiency; Alacrima

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMAL POINT APLASIA; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034963752     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200107000-00016     Document Type: Article

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