Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly and Femoral Fracture in a Newborn Infant: A Causal Relationship or a Coincidence?

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-44

  Küpeli, Serhan ^b   Korkmaz, Ayşe ^a,b   Bulun, Almila ^b   Yurdakök, Murat ^b   Tunçbilek, Ergül ^b  

^a Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Congenital contractural arachnodactyly; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARACHNODACTYLY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BEALS SYNDROME; BIRTH INJURY; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOPLASIA; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY;

EID: 1542284669     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820509     Document Type: Article

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