Caudal dysgenesis, sirenomelia, and situs inversus totalis: A primitive defect in blastogenesis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1470-1476

  Rougemont, Anne Laure ^a,b   Bouron Dal Soglio, Dorothée ^a,b   Désilets, Valérie ^a   Jovanovic, Mubina ^a,b   Perreault, Gilles ^a   Oligny, Luc Laurier ^a,b   Fournet, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caudal dysgenesis; Caudal regression syndrome; Heterotaxy; Laterality defect; Lumbosacral agenesis; Sirenomelia

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL DYSGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; MESODERM; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIRENOMELIA; SITUS INVERSUS;

ABORTED FETUS; ECTROMELIA; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; SITUS INVERSUS; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

MURINAE;

EID: 44449091553     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32081     Document Type: Article

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