Strict delineation and clear limits to the VACTERL association (OMIM 192350) have been debated since the first description of the VATER association in 1972 [Quan and Smith, 1972]. We welcome the presentation of a complete series of 60 patients presenting at least three component features of the VACT
Evidence for inheritance in patients with VACTERL association
โ Scribed by Benjamin D. Solomon; Daniel E. Pineda-Alvarez; Manu S. Raam; Derek A. T. Cummings
- Book ID
- 106134978
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 127
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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