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Phocomelia and Trisomy E1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Hans Zellweger ,
Dale S. Huff  and
Gisela Abbo
Hans Zellweger
Affiliation:
Depts. of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, (U.S.A.)
Dale S. Huff
Affiliation:
Depts. of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, (U.S.A.)
Gisela Abbo
Affiliation:
Depts. of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, (U.S.A.)

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A case of trisomy E with phocomelia of one arm is presented and the hitherto reported cases of trisomy E with phocomelia are listed. The different causes of phocomelia are discussed. Similarities and dissimilarities of the clinical picture of conditions associated with phocomelia are presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1965 , pp. 164 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1965

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Supported by Grant NB 2543 of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service

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