Chromosome 18q22.2→qter deletion and a congenital anomaly syndrome with multiple vertebral segmentation defects

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 414-417

  Dowton, S Bruce ^a   Hing, Anne V ^a   Sheen Kaniecki, Vida ^a   Watson, Michael S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly syndrome; Deletion 18q22.2 qter; Multiple vertebral segmentation defects

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SOMITE; SPINE MALFORMATION; TISSUE INDUCTION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031009601     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.5.414     Document Type: Article

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