Prenatal diagnosis of sirenomelia with bilateral hydrocephalus: Report of a previously undocumented form of vacterl-H association

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-197

  Onyeije, Chukwuma I ^a,b   Sherer, David M ^a   Handwerker, Sara ^b   Shah, Leena ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Central Bronx Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal ultrasonography; Sirenomelia; VACTERL H association; VATER association

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIRENOMELIA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031895609     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993925     Document Type: Article

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