Holoprosencephaly: Report of four cases and genotype-phenotype correlations

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-101

  Lami, Francesca ^a   Carli, Diana ^a   Ferrari, Paola ^a   Marini, Monica ^b   Alesi, Viola ^c   Iughetti, Lorenzo ^a   Percesepe, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

7q36 deletion; Currarino syndrome; holoprosencephaly; SHH gene mutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877709942     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-013-0215-5     Document Type: Article

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