Current perspectives on the etiology of agnathia-otocephaly

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 358-366

  Gekas, Jean ^a   Li, Bin ^b   Kamnasaran, Deepak ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agnathia; Craniofacial malformation; Facial development; Otocephaly; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGNATHIA OTOCEPHALY; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROGNATHIA; MICROSTOMIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TERATOGENESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANIMALS; BRANCHIAL REGION; EAR; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSTOMIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78349306104     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2010.09.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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