Fetal alcohol syndrome: Craniofacial and central nervous system manifestations

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-339

  Johnson, Virginia P ^a   Swayze II, Victor W ^b,c   Sato, Yutaka ^b   Andreasen, Nancy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

agenesis of the corpus callosum; cavum septi pellucidi; cavum vergae; frontonasal dysplasia; median cleft face; midline developmental field defect; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DYSPLASIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030051312     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960202)61:4<329::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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