Williams-Beuren syndrome: Pitfalls for diagnosis in limited resources setting

Clinical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 294-297

  Lumaka, Aimé ^a,b,c   Lukoo, Rita ^b   Mubungu, Gerrye ^a,b,c   Lumbala, Paul ^b   Mbayabo, Gloire ^b   Mupuala, Aimée ^b   Tshilobo, Prosper Lukusa ^a,b,c   Devriendt, Koenraad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^c Institut National de Recherche Biomedical   (Congo)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; Phenotype; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028607090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20500904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.476     Document Type: Article

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