Two brothers with atypical syndactylies, cerebellar atrophy and severe mental retardation

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-447

  Schorderet, D F ^a   Addor, M C ^b   Maeder, Ph ^a   Roulet, E ^a   Junier, L ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Craniodigital syndrome; Filippi syndrome; Mental retardation; Syndactyly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FILIPPI SYNDROME; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SKULL MALFORMATION; SYNDACTYLY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036939387     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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