Clinical and historical aspects of the Elephant Man: Exploring the facts and the myths

Gene

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-65

  Huntley, Catherine ^a   Hodder, Angus ^a   Ramachandran, Manoj ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elephant Man; Historical medical genetics; Joseph Merrick; Neurofibromatosis; Proteus

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXOSTOSIS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH DISORDER; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1; SCOLIOSIS; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; SKIN MALFORMATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; YOUNG ADULT; HISTORY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEUS SYNDROME;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PROTEUS SYNDROME;

EID: 84919394966     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.09.056     Document Type: Article

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