Genetics of limb development and congenital hand malformations

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1126-1135

  Zguricas, Julia ^a   Bakker, Wendela F ^b   Heus, Henk ^b   Lindhout, Dick ^b   Heutink, Peter ^b   Hovius, Steven E R ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND MALFORMATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ARM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0031966876     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00039     Document Type: Article

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