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SUBMITTER: Santos J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3981235 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santos Joana J Nogueira Rosete R Pinto Rita R Cerveira Isabel I Pereira Susana S
Clinics and practice 20130101 1
VACTERL association (OMIM 192350) is a non-random combination of multiple congenital malformations including vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal and limb anomalies. The wide spectrum of defects suggests the occurrence of defective development during early embryogenesis. The authors report a case of a complex polymalformative association detected by ultrasound in the first trimester of pregnancy. The ensuing fetal study revealed the presence of vertebral, anorectal, renal and limb ...[more]