Blepharophimosis, blepharoptosis, defects of the anterior chamber of the eye, caudal appendage, radioulnar synostosis, hearing loss and umbilical anomalies in sibs: 3MC syndrome?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1059-1062

  Leal, Gabriela F ^a,b   Silva, Elias O ^a   Duarte, Andréa R ^a   Campos, João F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Materno Infantil Prof Fernando Figueira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3MC SYNDROME; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RADIOULNAR JOINT; SYNOSTOSIS; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; RADIUS; SIBLING; SYNDROME; ULNA; UMBILICUS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; SIBLINGS; SYNDROME; SYNOSTOSIS; ULNA; UMBILICUS;

EID: 42949162974     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32252     Document Type: Letter

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