CHILD (congenital hemidysplasia, ichthyosis, and limb defects) syndrome is a rare, usually sporadic disorder associated with unilateral distribution of ichthyosiform skin lesions, limb defects, punctate calcifications of cartilaginous structures, and visceral anomalies. CHILD syndrome shares some ma
Syndrome of alopecia totalis and 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency
✍ Scribed by Kauschansky, Arieh; Shohat, Mordechai; Frydman, Moshe; R�sler, Ariel; Greenbaum, Eyal; Sirota, Lea
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 22 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980226)76:1<28::aid-ajmg4>3.0.co;2-l
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