Diagnostic criteria, clinical characteristics, and natural history of Cohen syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Chandler, K E ^a   Kidd, A ^b   Al Gazali, L ^c   Kolehmainen, J ^d   Lehesjoki, A E ^d   Black, G C M ^a   Clayton Smith, J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b North of Scotland Regional Genetics Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHEN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE MALFORMATION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN PERIOD; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 8; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EYE DISEASE; FACE; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE DISEASES; FACE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037374844     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.4.233     Document Type: Article

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