Holoprosencephaly: A mythologic and teratologic distillate

Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2010 Feb 15;154C(1):8-12. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30252.

Abstract

This review of holoprosencephaly provides a mythologic and teratologic distillate of the subject under the following headings: Babylonian tablets; Greek mythology; pictures from the 16th through the 20th Centuries; 19th Century teratology; history of more modern concepts and their terminologies; and ocean-going ships named "Cyclops."

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Greek World
  • History, 16th Century
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Holoprosencephaly / classification
  • Holoprosencephaly / diagnosis
  • Holoprosencephaly / history*
  • Humans
  • Medicine in the Arts
  • Mythology*
  • Teratology* / history