Pattern of malformations in the axial skeleton in human trisomy 21 fetuses

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 466-471

  Keeling, Jean W ^a   Hansen, Birgit Fischer ^b   Kjær, Inger ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

development; fetal; genetic radiography; skeleton; trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE MALFORMATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKULL MALFORMATION; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

BONE AND BONES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKELETON; SPHENOID BONE; SPINE;

EID: 0031015939     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970211)68:4<466::AID-AJMG19>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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