The Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome in Adulthood: Evaluation of a 24-Year-Old Man with a rec(4) Chromosome

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-127

  Ogle, Robert ^a   Sillence, David O ^a   Merrick, Ann ^a   Ell, Jonathan ^b   Lo, Beehong ^c   Robson, Lisa ^a   Smith, Arabella ^a,d  

^a Children's Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Grosvenor Hospital   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cerebral atrophy; Hemiplegia; Maternal pericentric inversion; Profound mental retardation

Indexed keywords

CANIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FACE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYNDROME; WHEELCHAIR; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FACE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPERTELORISM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 2742558639     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961016)65:2<124::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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