The genetics of tethered cord syndrome [3]

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 132 A, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 450-453

  Bassuk, Alexander G ^a   Charrow, Joel ^a   Gulbu, Uzel ^a   Epstein, Leon G ^a   Craig, David ^b   Stephan, Dietrich A ^b   Jalali, Ali ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Abhishek ^a   Kessler, John A ^a   Kim, Francine ^c   Bowman, Robin ^c   Mclone, David ^c   Yagi, Hisato ^d   Matsuoka, Rumiko ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN;

ANGIOOSTEOHYPERTROPHY SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LETTER; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEURULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SYNDROME CHARGE; SYNDROME VATER; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 21; TRISOMY 8;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYNDROME;

EID: 19944430216     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30439     Document Type: Letter

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