Splenogonadal fusion limb defect syndrome: Report of five new cases and review

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-358

  Bonneau, Dominique ^a   Roume, Joelle ^b   Gonzalez, Marie ^b   Toutain, Annick ^c   Carles, Dominique ^d   Maréchaud, Martine ^a   Biran Mucignat, Valérie ^a   Amati, Patrizia ^a   Moraine, Claude ^c  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c Service de Genetique   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique   (France)

Author keywords

Limb defects; Spleen; Splenogonadal fusion; Splenogonadal fusion limb defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GONAD; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBERTS SYNDROME; SPLEEN; SPLENOGONADAL FUSION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN; SYNDROME; TESTIS;

EID: 0032824820     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991008)86:4<347::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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