Thanatophoric dysplasia type II: A new entity?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-22

  Weber, Michael ^a,d   Johannissón, Reiner ^b   Carstens, Claus ^c   Pauschert, Rolf ^c   Niethard, Fritz U ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloverleaf skull; Fetal pathology; Lethal skeletal dysplasia; Thanatophoric dwarfism; Tissue mosaicism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE CELL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPHYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION; THANATOPHORIC DWARFISM; THANATOPHORIC DWARFISM TYPE II;

EID: 0031910436     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-199801000-00002     Document Type: Article

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