Invited editorial comment: Further reflections on gastroschisis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-198

  Opitz, John M ^a,b,c,d   Pysher, Theodore J ^a,c,e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Society of Pediatric Pathology

^d German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

^e PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f American Academy of Pediatrics ^*

^g AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^h Molecular Pathology Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; LIPID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AMNION CELL; AMNION FLUID; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL GENETICS; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCHISIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NOTE; NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 49449090813     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30177     Document Type: Note

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