Heterotaxy-neural tube defect and holoprosencephaly occurring independently in two sib fetuses

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-376

  Bonneau, Dominique ^a   Maréchaud, Martine ^a   Odent, Sylvie ^b   Piegay, Isabelle ^a   Godard, Alain ^c   Amati, Patrizia ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Heterotaxy; Holoprosencephaly; Meningomyelocele; Midline defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG MALFORMATION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 0345551884     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990604)84:4<373::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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