Epidemiological analysis of the association of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with upper-limb deficiencies: A primary polytopic developmental field defect

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-70

  Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

association; blastogenesis; cervical neural crest; developmental field defects; diaphragmatic hernia; epidemiology; limb deficiencies; polytopic field defects

Indexed keywords

ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NEURAL CREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS;

EID: 0030003712     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960301)62:1<68::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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