Speech impairment in Nijmegen breakage syndrome: A rare anomaly

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 873-875

  Gupta, Dipti ^a   Nagarkar, Anu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosomal instability disorder; Malignancies; Mental retardation; Mutations; Nijmegen breakage syndrome; Recurrent infections; Speech impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COMORBIDITY; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT STATURE; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 67349245470     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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