Clinical characteristics of neonates with VACTERL association

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-364

  Oral, Akgun ^a   Caner, Ibrahim ^b   Yigiter, Murat ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^c   Olgun, Hasim ^d   Ceviz, Naci ^d   Salman, Ahmet Bedii ^a  

^a Department of Pediatric Surgery ^*  (Turkey)

^b Division of Neonatology   (Turkey)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^d ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

neonate; VACTERL; VATER

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARM INJURY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOACA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS APLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SEX; SPINA BIFIDA; SYNDACTYLY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; URETHRA FISTULA; VACTERL ASSOCIATION; VAGINA DISEASE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ANAL CANAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TRACHEA;

EID: 84861651765     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03566.x     Document Type: Review

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