Multiple malformations: A possible Sonic hedgehog phenotype?

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-347

  Wainwright, Helen ^a   Beighton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Embryogenesis; Epiphyseal stippling; Malformation

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONIC HEDGEHOG GENE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; X RAY FILM;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FETUS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67349179053     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-009-0735-9     Document Type: Article

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