Hand development in trisomy 21

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 337-342

  Kjaer, Mette S ^a   Keeling, Jean W ^b   Andersen, Erik ^a   Hansen, Birgit Fischer ^c   Kjaer, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bone; Down syndrome; Hand; Maturation; Radiography; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; METACARPAL BONE; MORPHOGENESIS; OSSIFICATION; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21; WHOLE BODY AUTORADIOGRAPHY;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HAND; HUMANS;

EID: 0032511769     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981012)79:5<337::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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