The missing link in the pathogenesis of gastroschisis.
Is gastroschisis embryologically distinct from omphalocele or simply a ruptured small omphalocele (hernia of the umbilical cord)? Serial sonographic imaging of a fetus with a small omphalocele at 27 weeks gestation has now provided the "missing link" in the pathogenesis of gastroschisis by documenting in utero rupture resulting in a gastroschisis.
Glick
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Harrison
M R
MR
Adzick
N S
NS
Filly
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deLorimier
A A
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Callen
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014463:Ultrasonography