Spectrum of severe skeletal dysplasias in north India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 995-1002

  Puri, Ratna D ^a   Thakur, Seema ^a   Verma, I C ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Lethal; Radiographs; Skeletal dysplasia; Sox 9 gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DYSPLASIA; CAMPOMELIC DYSPLASIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SHORT LIMBED DWARFISM; SPECTRUM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THANATOPHORIC DWARFISM;

BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 36949033363     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0183-y     Document Type: Article

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