Sirenomelia and situs inversus: Case report and review of the literature

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Langer, Bruno ^a   Stoll, Claude ^b   Nicolau, Roméo ^a   Gasser, Bernard ^c   Schlaeder, Guy ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b Institut de Puériculture   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Mermaid syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Sirenomelia; Situs inversus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOINFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OSSIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIRENOMELIA; SITUS INVERSUS; THIGH;

EID: 0030021465     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264284     Document Type: Article

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