Linear disruption of umbilical cord: A rare anomaly of the cord associated with acute fetal distress and perinatal death/profound psychomotor retardation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-349

  Thomson, Laura L ^a   Hoo, Joe J ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

linear disruption; microcephaly; psychomotor delay; umbilical cord; Wharton jelly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCEPHALY; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; UMBILICAL CORD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0029987749     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960424)62:4<348::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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