creators_name: Salati, SA creators_name: Rabah, SM creators_id: docsajad@yahoo.co.in editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2010-09-13 03:51:13 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:44 metadata_visibility: show title: VACTERL association ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: VACTERL association, radial club hand abstract: VACTERL association is a useful acronym for a condition characterised by the sporadic, non-random association of specific birth defects of multiple organ systems.We present one such case which had congenital abnormalities of renal,skeletal and cardiac system. date: 2010-07-30 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 9 number: 2 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Corcoran R, Entwistle GD. Letter: polycystic ovarian disease and oral contraception. Lancet 1975;21:1386–87. 2. Khoury MJ, Cordero JF, Greenberg F, James LM, Erickson JD. A population study of the VACTERL association: evidence for its etiologic heterogeneity. Pediatrics 1983;71:815–20. 3. Harjai MM, Holla RG, Kale CR. Full spectrum of VACTERL in new born MJAFI 2008;64:84-85 4. Kallen K, Mastroiacovo P, Castilla EE, Robert E, Kallen B. VATER non-random association of congenital malformations: Study based on data from four malformation registers. Am J Med Genet 2001;101:26-32 5. Botto LD, Khoury MJ, Mastroiacovo P , Castilla EE, Moore CA, Skjaerven R et al. The spectrum of congenital anomalies of the VATER association: An international study. Am J Med Genet 1997;71:08-15. 6. Arsic D, Qi BQ, Beasley SW. Hedgehog in the human: a possible explanation for the VATER association. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38(2):117-21 citation: Salati, SA and Rabah, SM (2010) VACTERL association. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/7014/1/2010-2-15.pdf