Neuhauser syndrome: A rare association of megalocornea and mental retardation. Review of the literature and further phenotype delineation

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-191

  Gutierrez Amavizca B E ^a,b   Juarez Vazquez C I ^a,b   Orozco Castellanos, R ^a   Arnaud, L ^c   Macias Gomez N M ^b   Barros Núñez, Patricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Megalocornea; Mental retardation; Neuhauser syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONIOSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LARYNGOMALACIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MALE; MEGALOCORNEA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGNATHIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUHAUSER SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84884317087     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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