VACTERL association, epidemiologic definition and delineation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 529-536

  Rittler, Monica ^a   Paz, Joaquin E ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c  

^a Hospital Materno Infantil Ramon Sarda   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Associations; VACTERL; VATER; VATERL

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DOWN SYNDROME; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; TRISOMY;

EID: 0030002181     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960628)63:4<529::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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