Severe brain and limb defects with possible autosomal recessive inheritance: A series of six cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 144-149

  Labrune, Philippe ^a   Trioche, Pascale ^a   Fallet Bianco, Catherine ^b   Roume, Joëlle ^c   Narcy, Françoise ^d   Le Merrer, Martine ^e  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Limb defect; Neural tube defect; XK aprosencephaly

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; VISCERA;

BRAIN; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MONSTERS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0030817768     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971212)73:2<144::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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