Jean-Pierre Fryns - bibliography

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Biography

Belgian human geneticist, born 1946.

Bibliography

  • J. P. Fryns, W. Coeck, H. van den Berghe:
    The Greig polysyndactyly-craniofacial dysmorphism syndrome.
    European Journal of Pediatrics, Berlin, November 4, 1977, 126 (4): 283-287
  • J. P. Fryns, R. Maertens, H. van den Berghe:
    Osteodysplastia – a rare skeletal dysplasia.
    Acta paediatrica Belgica, Bruxelles, 1979, 32: 65.
  • J. P. Fryns, G. Van Noyen, H. van den Berghe
    The Greig polysyndactyly craniofacial dysmorphism syndrome: Variable expression in a family. European Journal of Pediatrics, May 1981, 136 (2): 217-220.
  • J. P. Fryns:
    Le syndrome de Greig: Une polysyndactylie variable associée a une dysmorphie craniofaciale distincte.
    Journal de Génétique Humaine, Geneva, 1982, 30 (Supplement 5): 403-408
  • J. P. Fryns:
    The Prader-Willi syndrome and the Sotos syndrome: Syndromes of sequences.
    Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen, 1988, 33: 457-458. Letter.
  • J. P. Fryns, A. Schinzel, H. van den Berghe:
    Hyperlaxity in males with Melnick-Needles syndrome.
    American Journal of Medical Genetics, New York, 1988, 29: 609-611.
  • J. P. Fryns:
    Aarskog syndrome: The changing phenotype with age.
    American Journal of Human Genetics, Chicago, 1992, 43: 420-427.
  • J. P. Fryns, H. van den Berghe, C. Schrander-Stumpel:
  • Kabuki (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndrome and paracentric inversion of the short arm of chromosome 4.
    American Journal of Medical Genetics, 1994, November 1, 53 (2): 204-205. Biographical:
  • Peter Beighton & Gretha Beighton:
    The Person Behind the Syndrome. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 1997.

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