Pitfalls of genetic counselling in Pfeiffer's syndrome.
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چکیده
A family with Pfeiffer's syndrome is presented in which members of two generations showed only partial but relevant syndactyly before a child was born, in the third generation, with the full acrocephalosyndactyly syndrome.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical genetics
دوره 17 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980