Analysis of component findings in 79 patients diagnosed with VACTERL association

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2236-2244

  Solomon, Benjamin D ^a   Pineda Alvarez, Daniel E ^a   Raam, Manu S ^a,b   Bous, Sophia M ^a   Keaton, Amelia A ^a   Vélez, Jorge I ^a   Cummings, Derek A T ^c  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

VACTERL; VACTERL association; VATER; VATER association

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL DEFECT ANAL ATRESIA CARDIAC MALFORMATION WITH TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AND RENAL ABNORMALITIES AND LIMB ABNORMALITIES DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SPINE; TRACHEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956101213     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33572     Document Type: Article

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