Alstrom syndrome in four sibs from northern Jordan

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 480-483

  Hamamy, Hanan ^a   Barham, Muries ^a   Alkhawaldeh, Abd ElKarim ^b   Cockburn, David ^c   Snowden, Helen ^c   Ajlouni, Kamel ^a  

^a National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan   (Jordan)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

^c St James's University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CELL PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ALMS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JORDAN; LABORATORY TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; SIBLING; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 33846706575     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.480     Document Type: Article

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