A developmental model for thalidomide defects

Clifford J. Tabin ()
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Clifford J. Tabin: Harvard Medical School

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6709, 322-323

Abstract: Abstract Thalidomide was prescribed as a mild sedative until it was demonstrated in 1961 that it was responsible for inducing congenital malformations in children whose mothers took the drug during pregnancy. Perhaps the most striking aspect of this syndrome is phocomelia (a severe shortening of the limbs). The long bones are shorter than normal and more proximal elements are lost, such that in extreme cases the hand or fingers are attached directly to the shoulder, a condition described as resembling the flipper of a seal1,2. Here I show how these defects can be understood in the context of current models for limb patterning.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/24516

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