Acrofacial dysostosis (AFD) with preaxial limb hypoplasia (Nager AFD) and club foot diagnosed in a fetus from 1812 in the anatomical collections at the University of Halle, Germany

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 137 A, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-268

  Göbbel, Luminita ^a   Schultka, Rüdiger ^a   Klunker, Rudyard ^b   Stock, Karsten ^c   Wand, Dorothee ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^d   Gerlach, Antje ^e   Tönnies, Holger ^e  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b St Barbara Hospital   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical collection; CGH; Developmental pathology; Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger (1781 1833); Nager AFD

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBFOOT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; FETUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NAGER ACROFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA TORSION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UNIVERSITY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CLUBFOOT; FETUS; GENOME, HUMAN; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNIVERSITIES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24344472526     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30889     Document Type: Article

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