Caudal dysgenesis and sirenomelia-single centre experience suggests common pathogenic basis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152 A, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2578-2587

  Thottungal, Anjana D ^a   Charles, Adrian K ^b   Dickinson, Jan E ^c   Bower, Carol ^d  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caudal dysgenesis; Caudal regression syndrome; Pathology; Prenatal diagnosis; Single umbilical artery; Sirenomelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIRENOMELIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; GENETICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PHOCOMELIA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 78349276928     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33599     Document Type: Article

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