Yellow teeth, seizures, and mental retardations: A less severe case of Kohlschütter-Tönz syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 140 A, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-283

  Haberlandt, Edda ^a   Svejda, Christine ^b   Felber, Stefan ^a   Baumgartner, Sara ^a   Günther, Barbara ^b   Utermann, Gerd ^b   Kotzot, Dieter ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Department of Medical Genetics Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Amelogenesis imperfecta; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; KOHLSCHUTTER TONZ SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AMELOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 31944433977     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31071     Document Type: Article

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