Anencephaly and faciocranioschisis: Evidence of complete failure of closure 3 of the neural tube in humans

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-6

  Urioste, Miguel ^a,c   Rosa, Alejandro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Hospital Alarcos   (Spain)

^c c/ Pintor Goya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Closure 3 of neural tube; Faciocranioschisis; Intermittent pattern of neural tube closure; Neural tube closure; Neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CLEFT FACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANENCEPHALY; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031984309     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980106)75:1<4::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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