Standard terminology for phenotypic variations: The elements of morphology project, its current progress, and future directions

Human Mutation

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 781-786

  Carey, John C ^a   Allanson, Judith E ^b   Hennekam, Raoul C M ^c   Biesecker, Leslie G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitions; Dysmorphology; Minor anomalies; Nomenclature; Phenotype; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EAR; FACE; FOOT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAND; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LIMB; LIP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH; NOMENCLATURE; NOSE; ORBIT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHILTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SKIN; TRUNK; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; STANDARD;

ANATOMIC VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXTREMITIES; FACE; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SKIN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TORSO;

EID: 84865161384     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22053     Document Type: Article

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