An approach to the identification of anomalies and etiologies in neonates with identified or suspected VACTERL (vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheo-esophageal fistula with esophageal atresia, cardiac anomalies, renal anomalies, and limb anomalies) association

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Solomon, Benjamin D ^a,b,c   Baker, Linda A ^d   Bear, Kelly A ^c,e   Cunningham, Bridget K ^c,e   Giampietro, Philip F ^f   Hadigan, Colleen ^g   Hadley, Donald W ^c   Harrison, Steven ^d   Levitt, Marc A ^h   Niforatos, Nickie ⁱ   Paul, Scott M ^j   Raggio, Cathleen ^k   Reutter, Heiko ^l   Warren Mora, Nicole ^c  

^a Inova Translational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b INOVA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME VATER; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANAL CANAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; GENETIC TESTING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINE; TRACHEA;

EID: 84894298151     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.086     Document Type: Article

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