Prenatal Diagnosis of Apert Syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-130

  Hansen, Wendy F ^a,b   Rijhsinghani, Asha ^a   Grant, Stanley ^a   Yankowitz, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apert syndrome; Craniosynostosis; Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2; Syndactyly

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1142310570     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075135     Document Type: Article

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