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Familial occurrence of the VATER/VACTERL association.
Pediatric surgery international - 1 Jul 2012
Hilger Alina, Schramm Charlotte, Draaken Markus, Mughal Sadaf S, Dworschak Gabriel, Bartels Enrika, Hoffmann Per, Nöthen Markus M, Reutter Heiko, Ludwig Michael
Abstract excerpt
The acronym VATER/VACTERL association is used to describe the non-random co-occurrence of vertebral defects (V), anorectal malformations (A), cardiac defects (C), tracheo-esophageal fistula with or without esophageal atresia (TE), renal malformations (R), and limb defects (L). We report a familial case of VATER/VACTERL association in which both the index case and her maternal uncle displayed four major component...
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