Examining the evidence for vascular pathogenesis of selected birth defects

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152 A, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2426-2436

  Sadler, Thomas W ^a   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Gastroschisis; Intestinal atresia; Limb defects; Oculoauriculovertebral spectrum; Vascular mechanism

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; COCAINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EPHEDRINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; GASTROSCHISIS; GENE MUTATION; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ATRESIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PARENT COUNSELING; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVERSE LIMB DEFECT; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEG; LIMB MALFORMATION; PREGNANCY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ATRESIA; LEG; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 78349260840     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33636     Document Type: Article

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