Sirenomelia's cluster in Cali, Colombia. Report of 4 cases in Hospital Universitario del Valle in 54 days;Foco epidémico de sirenomelia en Cali, Colombia. Informe de 4 casos en el Hospital Universitario del Valle en 54 días

Colombia Medica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-218

  Solano, Armicson Felipe ^a   Saldarriaga, Wilmar ^a   Isaza, Carolina ^a   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b Intl Ctr for Birth Defects of Intl Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Syst   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cluster; Coalition of inferior members; Congenital malformations; Kidney's agenesis; Sirenomelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SIRENOMELIA;

EID: 33748654228     PISSN: 16579534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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