Sirenomelia in an infant of a diabetic mother: A case report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-397

  Gürakan, Berkan ^a   Karaaslan, Erkan ^b   Balci, Sevim ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Social Security Maternity Hospital

Author keywords

Diabetic mother; Sirenomelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PHOCOMELIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS;

ADULT; ECTROMELIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 0030184869     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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