Should chromosome breakage studies be performed in patients with VACTERL association?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 137 A, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-58

  Faivre, Laurence ^a   Portnoï, Marie France ^b   Pals, Gerard ^c   Stoppa Lyonnet, Dominique ^d   Le Merrer, Martine ^e   Thauvin Robinet, Christel ^a   Huet, Frédéric ^a   Mathew, Christopher G ^f   Joenje, Hans ^c   Verloes, Alain ^g   Baumann, Clarisse ^g  

^a Medical University of Dijon   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MICROCEPHALY; MICROPHTHALMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SYNDROME VACTERL; SYNDROME VATER; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; FANCONI ANEMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; SPINE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

FISTULA;

EID: 23344449113     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30853     Document Type: Article

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