A genetic association between microcephaly and lymphedema
β Scribed by Meinecke, Peter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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β¦ Synopsis
After previously discussing the association between congenital lymphedema and a "Noonan-like facies" in a circle of colleagues, I read with great interest the recently published report of Crowe and Dickerman [
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