Premature loss of permanent teeth in allgrove (4A) syndrome in two related families

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Razavi, Zahra ^a   Taghdiri, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Eghbalian, Fatemeh ^a   Bazzazi, Nooshin ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

AAAS protein; Achalasia; Adrenocortical insufficiency; Alacrimia (allgrove, triple A) protein; Allgrove syndrome; Human; Teeth; Triple A syndrome protein

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CONSANGUINITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 77952570861     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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