Anencephaly-associated aganglionosis

Authors
Mathew, A
Citation
A. Mathew, Anencephaly-associated aganglionosis, AM J MED G, 80(5), 1998, pp. 518-520
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
ISSN journal
01487299 → ACNP
Volume
80
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
518 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(199812)80:5<518:AA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Autopsies of 12 consecutively born infants with anencephaly showed varying degrees of aganglionosis and lateralization defects in four of them. This s eemingly regular occurrence of these three defects together suggests that t hey are caused by an aberration of blastogenesis that results in a polytopi c field defect. Am. J. Med. Genet. 80: 518-520, 1998. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.