Multiple vertebral segmentation defects. Brief report of three patients and nosological considerations

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-248

  Aslan, Y ^a,b   Erduran, E ^a   Mocan, H ^a   Yildiran, A ^a   Okten A ^a   Gedik, Y ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kalkinma Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multiple vertebral segmentation defects; Spondylothoracic dysostosis

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLUBFOOT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHERITANCE; LIPOMA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NECK; NEWBORN; RIB MALFORMATION; SCOLIOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPINE;

EID: 0030804321     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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