VACTERL association

(VACTERL association called) - an as sociation (association) congenital anomalies; English names of po ssible defects pertaining to that form the acronym VACTERL associ ation, and they are: first described by Vater Association L. Quan and DW Smith in 1972 in the article The Vater association: vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal atresia, radial dysplasia [1]. With time, the concept of VACTERL association and VACTERl-H (H of Hydrocephalus - hydrocephalus) [2]. How far failed to unambiguously detect the genetic substrates of these associations defects.