Phenotypic variability of alström’s syndrome in bedouin sibs?

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-120

  Farah, S ^a   Shubaili, A F ^a   Khuraibit, A ^a   Sabry, M A ^a   Farag, T I ^a  

^a Ibn Sina Hospital and Medical Genetics Center   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bedouins; Diabetes mellitus; Dystonia; Obesity; Retinitis pigmentosa; Sensory neural deafness

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643087013     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157393     Document Type: Article

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