Monozygotic twins discordant for frontonasal malformation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 130 A, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-388

  Mohammed, Shehla N ^a,b   Swan, Marc C ^b   Wall, Steven A ^b   Wilkie, Andrew O M ^b,c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontonasal dysplasia; Median cleft face syndrome; Tessier cleft

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHICS; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FRONTONASAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 7444260682     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30280     Document Type: Review

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