Tetra-amelia and splenogonadal fusion in Roberts syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-189

  De Ravel, Thorny J L ^a,b   Seftel, Matthew D ^a   Wright, Colleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

premature separation of centromeres; Roberts syndrome; splenogonadal fusion; tetra amelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROMERE; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MICROGNATHIA; PHOCOMELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBERTS SYNDROME; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CLEFT PALATE; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROGNATHISM; OVARY; SPLEEN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031057112     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970120)68:2<185::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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