Article
Silver-Russell Syndrome: A Review.
Neonatal network : NN - 1 Jul 2017
Spiteri Bernice Sophie, Stafrace Yanika, Calleja-Agius Jean
Abstract excerpt
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare congenital imprinting disorder. The genetic findings in SRS patients are heterogeneous and often sporadic. However, chromosomes 7, 11, and 17 are consistently involved in all individuals who meet the strict diagnostic criteria of SRS. There are many clinical features characteristic of SRS; the most common are low birth weight, short stature, triangular face, clinodactyly,...
Topics
- Education, Nursing, Continuing
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases
- Male
- Phenotype
- Silver-Russell Syndrome