Familial hiatal hernia in a large five generation family confirming true autosomal dominant inheritance

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 649-652

  Carre I J ^a   Johnston, B T ^b   Thomas, P S ^c   Morrison, P J ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Lisburn BT28 1JP   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant genetics; Barrett's oesophagus; Familial hiatal hernia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BARIUM MEAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032693089     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.5.649     Document Type: Article

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