Autosomal Dominant Inheritance of Infantile Myofibromatosis

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 126 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Zand, Dina J ^a   Huff, Dale ^a   Everman, David ^b   Russell, Karen ^a   Saitta, Sulagna ^a   McDonald McGinn, Donna ^a   Zackai, Elaine H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital spindle cell tumor; Infantile myofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANTILE MYOFIBROMATOSIS; LEIOMYOMA; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCALP TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 1842458471     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20598     Document Type: Article

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