Long-term outcomes of adults with features of VACTERL association

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Raam, Manu S ^a,b,c   Pineda Alvarez, Daniel E ^a   Hadley, Donald W ^a   Solomon, Benjamin D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

VACTERL; VACTERL association; VATER; VATER association

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KYPHOSIS; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIUS MALFORMATION; SCOLIOSIS; SYNDROME VATER; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; URETER STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACTERL ASSOCIATION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 79951943693     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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