Pre-auricular tags and associated anomalies: Considerations for genetic counseling

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-324

  Bianca, Sebastiano ^b   Ingegnosi, C ^c   Ettore, G ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Garibaldi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Pre auricular tags; Renal malformations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREAURICULAR TAG; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; EAR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0141533016     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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