Embryology of the Upper Limb

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1340-1350

  Al Qattan, Mohammad M ^a   Yang, Yingzi ^a   Kozin, Scott H ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital difference; embryology; limb development; limb patterning; upper limb

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; NOGGIN; PROTEIN P63; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT 7A PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FINGER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT MALFORMATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL PATELLA SYNDROME; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POLAND SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPPER EXTREMITY; UPPER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL;

EID: 68949189713     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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