Terminal transverse limb defects with tethering and omphalocele in a 17 week fetus following first trimester misoprostol exposure

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Genest, David R ^a,c   Di Salvo, Donald ^a,c   Rosenblatt, Mary Jo ^a   Holmes, Lewis B ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic band syndrome; Misoprostol; Omphalocele; Terminal transverse limb defect

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

AMNION BAND SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; OMPHALOCELE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0032969420     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199901000-00010     Document Type: Article

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