Segmentation anomalies of the vertebras and ribs: One expression of the primary developmental field

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 128 A, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Martinez Frias, M L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASAMASSIMA SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENT FIELD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DLL3 GENE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; JARCHO LEVIN SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PAX1 GENE; PAX9 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB MALFORMATION; SPINE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DYSOSTOSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RIBS; SPINE; SYNDROME;

EID: 4444243849     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30016     Document Type: Editorial

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