Heart and ocular anomalies in children with Down's syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-282

  Bianca, Sebastiano ^a   Bianca, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTIGMATISM; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 21; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE MALFORMATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; PHENOTYPE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 1842834059     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2003.00541.x     Document Type: Letter

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