A Brazilian family with quadrupedal gait, severe mental retardation, coarse facial characteristics, and hirsutism

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 927-933

  Garcias, Gilberto De Lima ^a,b,c   Roth, Maria Da Graça Martino ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive inheritance; Coarse facial characteristics; Consanguinity; Hirsutism; Mental retardation; Quadrupedal Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; COARSE FACE; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SHORT STATURE; SPEECH; STRABISMUS;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CONSANGUINITY; FACIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GENES, RECESSIVE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 34347403427     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600910721     Document Type: Article

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