Arthrogryposis associated with unsuccessful attempts at termination of pregnancy

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 293-300

  Hall, Judith G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

arthrogryposis; contractures; termination of pregnancy; vascular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AKINESIA; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION FAILURE--COMPLICATIONS; ABORTION, INDUCED; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CANADA; CASE STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES--ETIOLOGY; CURETTAGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; NEONATAL DISEASES AND ABNORMALITIES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OBSTETRICAL SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SKELETAL EFFECTS; STUDIES; SURGERY; TREATMENT; VASCULAR DISEASES;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0029918110     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960503)63:1<293::AID-AJMG48>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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