An approach to the identification of anomalies and etiologies in neonates with identified or suspected VACTERL (vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheo-esophageal fistula with esophageal atresia, cardiac anomalies, renal anomalies, and limb anomalies) association

Benjamin D Solomon; Linda A Baker; Kelly A Bear; Bridget K Cunningham; Philip F Giampietro; Colleen Hadigan; Donald W Hadley; Steven Harrison; Marc A Levitt; Nickie Niforatos; Scott M Paul; Cathleen Raggio; Heiko Reutter; Nicole Warren-Mora

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.086

An approach to the identification of anomalies and etiologies in neonates with identified or suspected VACTERL (vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheo-esophageal fistula with esophageal atresia, cardiac anomalies, renal anomalies, and limb anomalies) association

J Pediatr. 2014 Mar;164(3):451-7.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.086. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Medical Genomics, Inova Translational Medicine Institute, Falls Church, VA; Department of Pediatrics, Inova Children's Hospital, Falls Church, VA; Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Electronic address: benjamin.solomon@inova.org.
² Department of Urology, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas-Southwestern, Dallas, TX.
³ Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center-Bethesda, MD.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
⁵ Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
⁶ Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
⁷ Department of Pediatric Surgery/Colorectal Center for Children, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
⁸ Department of Neonatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
⁹ Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY.
¹¹ Institute for Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Anal Canal / abnormalities*
Anal Canal / pathology
Blood Cell Count
Diagnostic Imaging
Electrocardiography
Esophagus / abnormalities*
Esophagus / pathology
Genetic Testing
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
Heart Defects, Congenital / genetics*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Kidney / abnormalities*
Kidney / pathology
Limb Deformities, Congenital / diagnosis*
Limb Deformities, Congenital / genetics*
Physical Examination
Spine / abnormalities*
Spine / pathology
Trachea / abnormalities*
Trachea / pathology

Supplementary concepts

VACTERL association

Publication types

MeSH terms

Supplementary concepts

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