Gingival overgrowth, congenital generalized hypertrichosis, mental retardation and epilepsy: Case report and overview

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-208

  Douzgou, Sofia ^a,b   Mingarelli, Rita ^a   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^a,b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gingival overgrowth; Hypertrichosis; Mental retardation; Ramon syndrome; Seizures; Zimmermann Laband syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVA OVERGROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMON SYNDROME; SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ZIMMERMANN LABAND SYNDROME; ADULT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GINGIVA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70449728166     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCD.0b013e32832dc393     Document Type: Article

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