Article
Beals syndrome: clinical and molecular investigations in a kindred of Indian descent.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 1991
Viljoen D, Ramesar R, Behari D
Abstract excerpt
Eight members of a 3-generation kindred of Indian descent with congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals syndrome) have been appraised. Considerable variation was noted in the clinical features of affected persons, and the previously unreported associated finding of clubbing of the fingers and toes was evident in two individuals. The family was investigated using conventional serum and protein markers, and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Probes
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- India
- Male
- Marfan Syndrome
- Middle Aged