Prenatal diagnosis of the RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 376-381

  Kratz, Lisa E ^a   Kelley, Richard I ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

7 dehydrocholesterol; Cholesterol; Congenital malformation; Estriol; Prenatal diagnosis; RSH syndrome; Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RISK; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; POLYDACTYLY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHOLESTEROL; CHORIONIC VILLI; DEHYDROCHOLESTEROLS; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033582547     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990219)82:5<376::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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