Cloacal dysgenesis sequence: Observations in four patients including three fetuses of second trimester gestation

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Liang, Xiayuan ^a   Ioffe, Olga B ^a   Sun, Chen Chih J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloacal dysgenesis; Lower mesodermal defect; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOACA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CLOACA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032106322     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900040     Document Type: Article

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