Overgrowth syndromes: A classification

Endocrine Development

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 53-60

  Neri, Giovanni ^a   Moscarda, Marco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BANNAYAN RILEY RUVALCABA SYNDROME; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH DISORDER; MACROSOMIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PALLISTER KILLIAN SYNDROME; PERLMAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPSON GOLABI BEHMEL SYNDROME; SOTOS SYNDROME; WEAVER SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 65549167299     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000207476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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