Non-VACTERL-type anomalies are frequent in patients with esophageal atresia/tracheo-esophageal fistula and full or partial VACTERL association

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-97

  De Jong, Elisabeth M ^a,b   Felix, Janine F ^a   Deurloo, Jacqueline A ^c   Van Dooren, Marieke F ^b   Aronson, Daniel C ^c   Torfs, Claudine P ^d   Heij, Hugo A ^c   Tibboel, Dick ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associated anomalies; Congenital anomalies; Esophageal atresia; Tracheo esophageal fistula; VACTERL association

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME VACTERL; SYNDROME VATER; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PREGNANCY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

FISTULA;

EID: 40049105518     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20437     Document Type: Article

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