Facial features and skeletal abnormalities in Larsen syndrome - A study of three generations of a Tunisian family

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 45-46, 2003, Pages 625-628

  Al Kaissi, Ali ^a   Ammar, Chokri ^b   Ben Ghachem, Maher ^a   Hammou, Azza ^a   Chehida, Farid B ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Facial features; Larsen syndrome; Multiple joint dislocations

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBFOOT; FACIES; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARSEN SYNDROME; MALE; TUNISIA;

EID: 0345827847     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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