Meckel-Gruber syndrome: Pathologic manifestations, minimal diagnostic criteria, and differential diagnosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1236-1238

  Alexiev, Borislav A ^a   Lin, Xiaoqing ^b   Sun, Chen Chih ^a   Brenner, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bayhealth Med Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOCELE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; MECKEL SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYDACTYLY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FETAL DISEASES; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LIVER; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE; POLYDACTYLY; SYNDROME;

EID: 33746706805     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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