Congenital microcephaly, juvenile retinal dystrophy and normal mentation in a mildly dysmorphic child

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Nguyen, Tuong Nam ^a   Der Kaloustian, Vazken M ^a   Barsoum Homsy, Magda ^b   Dembinska, Olga ^a   Koenekoop, Robert K ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone rod dystrophy; Microcephaly; Retinal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MICROCEPHALY; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 18744416962     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(05)80034-1     Document Type: Article

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