Leiomyoma of uterus in a patient with ring chromosome 12: Case presentation and literature review

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Hajianpour, M J ^a,d   Hajianpour, Atieh K ^b   Habibian, Rezvan ^a   Wohlmuth, Cinna ^c  

^a Alfigen/The Genetics Institute   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c White Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^d Alfigen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ring chromosome 12; ring syndrome; uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINODACTYLY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGNATHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT STATURE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOSAICISM; RING CHROMOSOMES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2842556984     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960517)63:2<335::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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