Bifid ribs and unusual vertebral anomalies diagnosed in an anatomical specimen. Gorlin syndrome?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2135-2138

  Oostra, Roelof Jan ^a   Maas, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomical specimen; Bifid ribs; Gorlin syndrome; Hedgehog signaling pathway; Louis Bolk; Malsegmentation; Museum Vrolik; Open brain mutant; Resegmentation; Sclerotomes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN PATCHED 2; PROTEIN RAB23; RAB PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB MALFORMATION; SCLEROTOME; SKELETON; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RIBS; SPINE;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 33749494114     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31418     Document Type: Article

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