Asplenia in ATR-X syndrome: A second report

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 139 A, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-39

  Leahy, Ronan T ^a   Philip, Roy K ^a   Gibbons, Richard J ^b   Fisher, Chris ^b   Suri, Mohnish ^c   Reardon, William ^d  

^a Regional Maternity Hospital   (Ireland)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asplenia; ATR X; Howell Jolly bodies; Pneumococcal meningitis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SPLEEN; SYNDROME;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 27444435591     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30990     Document Type: Article

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