title: The missing link in the pathogenesis of gastroschisis.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Adzick
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Filly
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: deLorimier
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Callen
mesh_terms: 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