Diagnosing Sotos syndrome in the setting of global developmental delay and macrocephaly

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Srour, Myriam ^a,b   Mazer, Barbara ^a   Shevell, Michael I ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOTOS SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33745135100     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210042201     Document Type: Article

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