Notochordal remnants in human iniencephaly suggest disturbed dorsoventral axis signaling

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-432

  Kjær, Inger ^a   Mygind, Henrik ^b   Fischer Hansen, Birgit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fetus; Holoprosencephaly; Human; Iniencephaly; Notochord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BODY PATTERNING; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; FEMALE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; NOTOCHORD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE;

EID: 0032957956     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990611)84:5<425::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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