Dental characteristics of the WolfHirschhorn Syndrome: A case report

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-231

  Babich, Sara B ^a,b   Banducci, Carla ^a   Teplitsky, Paul ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 4 deletion; Padiatric dentistry; Taurodontism; Tooth agenesis; Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH DISEASE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; GENETICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH PULP;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BICUSPID; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLAR; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 7044260641     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01697.x     Document Type: Article

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