Caudal regression sequence: Vascular origin?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 445-447

  Hentschel, Juliane ^a   Stierkorb, E ^a   Schneider, G ^a   Goedde, S ^a   Siemer, S ^a   Gortner, L ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caudal regression sequence; MR angiography; MRI; Ssirenomelia; Vertebral anomaly; Vitelline artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; CONGENITAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; YOLK SAC;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYNDROME; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 33745669306     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211534     Document Type: Article

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