The smallest of the small

Gene

Volumn 528, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-57

  Hall, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Historical; Intrauterine growth restriction; Lucia Zarate; MOPD II; Osteodysplasia; Pericentrin; Primordial dwarfism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DWARFISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MEXICO; MICROCEPHALIC OSTEODYSPLASTIC PRIMORDIAL DWARFISM; MICROCEPHALY; NORTH AMERICA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

(ABNORMAL SPINDLE) HOMOLOG, MICROCEPHALY ASSOCIATED (DROSOPHILA); ASPM ASP; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA AND RAD3 RELATED; ATR; CDK5 REGULATORY SUBUNIT ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; CDK5RAP2; CENP; CENTIMETER(S); CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTROMERE PROTEIN; CM; CNS; FIG; FIGURE; HISTORICAL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; IUGR; LITTLE PEOPLE OF AMERICA; LPA; LUCIA ZARATE; MCPH2; MICROCEPHALIC OSTEODYSPLASTIC PRIMORDIAL DWARFISM; MICROCEPHALY 2, PRIMARY AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE WITH OR WITHOUT CORTICAL MALFORMATIONS; MOPD; MOPD II; OSTEODYSPLASIA; PCNT; PERICENTRIN; PRIMORDIAL DWARFISM;

ANTIGENS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DWARFISM; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEXICO; MICROCEPHALY; MUTATION; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882656343     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.03.081     Document Type: Article

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