Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

Management of Genetic Syndromes: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-127

  Slavotinek, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl syndrome; Hypogenitalism; Pleiotropic congenital malformation syndrome; Postaxial polydactyly; Truncal obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951809087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470893159.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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