Three new cases of Alström syndrome

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 240, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 622-627

  Benso, Corinne ^a   Hadjadj, Eve ^a   Conrath, John ^b   Denis, Danièle ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINOGRAPHY; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036935109     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-002-0479-6     Document Type: Article

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