title: Radial artery hypoplasia: a further association with the VATER syndrome?
abstract: A case of radial artery hypoplasia in a girl with the VATER syndrome is reported. This finding should alert surgeons dealing with vascular access for dialysis and suggests the possibility of intrauterine ischemia in the etiology of upper limb anomalies in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D001006:Anus, Imperforate; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities