Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome and ectrodactyly: New findings and a review of the literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-208

  Shanske, Alan L ^a   Yachelevich, Naomi ^a   Ala Kokko, Leena ^b   Leonard, Jay ^c   Levy, Brynn ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connective Tissue Gene Tests ^*  (United States)

^c Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHORDEE; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CLINODACTYLY; COLOBOMA; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECTRODACTYLY; EXON; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GAZE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELINATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNOSTOSIS; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FINGER MALFORMATION; GENE DELETION; KARYOTYPING;

HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WOLF-HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

EID: 75149156134     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33159     Document Type: Letter

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