Severe congenital limb deficiencies, vertebral hypersegmentation, absent thymus and mirror polydactyly: A defect expression of a developmental control gene?

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-217

  Urioste, Miguel ^a   Lorda Sánchez, Isabel ^a   Blanco, Manuel ^b   Burón, Elena ^c   Aparicio, Pauline ^d   Martínez Frías, Maria Luisa ^e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DUODENUM ATRESIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB DEFECT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHOCOMELIA; POLYDACTYLY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBERTS SYNDROME; THYMUS; THYMUS DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; POLYDACTYLY; PREGNANCY; SPINE; THYMUS GLAND; TOES;

EID: 0030052261     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02265268     Document Type: Article

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