Involvement of the HLXB9 homeobox gene in Currarino syndrome [2]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 312-319

  Belloni, E ^a,d   Martucciello, G ^b   Verderio, D ^a   Ponti, E ^a   Seri, M ^b   Jasonni, V ^b   Torre, M ^b   Ferrari, M ^a   Tsui, L C ^c   Scherer, S W ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INTRON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033926438     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302723     Document Type: Letter

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