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Vrolik museum

Thursday 9 February 2006

Website: Vrolik museum in Amsterdam University

The Museum Vrolik collection of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology of the University of Amsterdam, founded by Gerardus Vrolik (1775-1859) and his son Willem Vrolik (1801-1863), consists of more than 5,000 specimens of human and animal anatomy, embryology, pathology, and congenital anomalies.

References

- Oostra RJ, van der Wolk S, Maas M, Hennekam RC. Malformations of the axial skeleton in the museum Vrolik: II: craniosynostoses and suture-related conditions. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Aug 1;136(4):327-42. PMID: 15937945

- Oostra RJ, Hennekam RC, de Rooij L, Moorman AF. Malformations of the axial skeleton in Museum Vrolik I: homeotic transformations and numerical anomalies. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Apr 30;134(3):268-81. PMID: 15732082

- Oostra RJ, Baljet B, Verbeeten BW, Hennekam RC. Congenital anomalies in the teratological collection of Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. V: conjoined and acardiac twins. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Oct 30;80(1):74-89. PMID: 9800913

- Oostra RJ, Baljet B, Hennekam RC. Congenital anomalies in the teratological collection of Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. IV: closure defects of the neural tube. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Oct 30;80(1):60-73. PMID: #9800912 #

- Oostra RJ, Baljet B, Verbeeten BW, Hennekam RC. Congenital anomalies in the teratological collection of Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. III: primary field defects, sequences, and other complex anomalies. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Oct 30;80(1):46-59. PMID: 9800911

- Oostra RJ, Baljet B, Dijkstra PF, Hennekam RC. Congenital anomalies in the teratological collection of Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. II: Skeletal dysplasias. Am J Med Genet. 1998 May 1;77(2):116-34. PMID: 9605285

- Oostra RJ, Baljet B, Dijkstra PF, Hennekam RC. Congenital anomalies in the teratological collection of Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I: Syndromes with multiple congenital anomalies. Am J Med Genet. 1998 May 1;77(2):100-15. PMID: 9605284

- Oostra RJ, Baljet B, Hennekam RC. Congenital anomalies in the teratological collection of Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. IV: closure defects of the neural tube. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Oct 30;80(1):60-73. PMID: 9800912