Phenotypic variability in micro syndrome: Report of new cases

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-435

  Abdel Salam, Ghada M H ^a   Hassan, N A ^b   Kayed, H F ^a   Aligianis, I A ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital cataract; Hypogenesis of corpus callosum; Hypogenitalism; Micro syndrome; Microcephaly; Microphthalmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MALFORMATION; FACIES; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; INHERITANCE; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MARTSOLF SYNDROME; MICRO SYNDROME; MICROCEPHALY; MICROCORNEA; MICROPHTHALMIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; CATARACT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EGYPT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROPHTHALMOS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 38349053325     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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