Genetic skeletal disorders of the fetus and infant: Pathologic and molecular findings in a series of 41 cases

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 811-821

  Konstantinidou, Anastasia E ^a   Agrogiannis, Georgios ^a   Sifakis, Stavros ^b   Karantanas, Apostolos ^b   Harakoglou, Vassileios ^a   Kaminopetros, Petros ^c   Hatzaki, Angeliki ^d   Petersen, Michael B ^e   Karadimas, Charalampos ^e   Velissariou, Voula ^d   Velonis, Stylianos ^a   Papantoniou, Nikolaos ^a   Antsaklis, Aristeidis ^a   Patsouris, Efstratios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Fetal Medicine Practice   (Greece)

^d Gastroenterology Department   (Greece)

^e AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Dysostosis; Fetus; Genetic skeletal disorder; Molecular findings; Neonate; Osteochondrodysplasia; Skeletal dysplasia

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DISEASE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUTOPSY; BONE DISEASES; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350348910     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20617     Document Type: Article

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