A case of severe growth retardation, probably seckel syndrome

Acta Endocrinologica

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-369

  Dumitrescu, Cristina ^a   Procopiuc, C ^a   Chirita, C ^a   Carsote, M ^d   Dumitrascu, A ^c   Caragheorgheopol, A ^b   Poiana, C ^d  

^a Dpt Pediatric Endocrinology   (Romania)

^b Dpt Hormonal Biochemistry   (Romania)

^c C I PARHON NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Romania)

^d Dpt Endocrinology   (Romania)

Author keywords

"Bird head" dwarfism; Osteodysplastic dwarfism; Seckel syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960400996     PISSN: 18410987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2010.361     Document Type: Article

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