Sirenomelia and caudal malformations in two families

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1801-1807

  Gerard, Marion ^a,b   Layet, Valérie ^c   Costa, Teresa ^d   Roumazeilles, Yves ^e   Chenal, Pierre ^c   Cailliez, Daniel ^c   Gerard, Bénédicte ^b,f  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Webmaster   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Blastogenesis defect; Fused legs; Imperforate anus; Sirenomelia; Symmelia; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER MALFORMATION; BMP7 GENE; CAUDAL MALFORMATION; COLON MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYP26A1 GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LUNG MALFORMATION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM FISTULA; SACRUM AGENESIS; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY; SIRENOMELIA; SPINE MALFORMATION; UTERUS BICORNIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CAUDA EQUINA; ECTROMELIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84862674302     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35408     Document Type: Article

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