Urorectal septum malformation sequence: Insights into pathogenesis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-410

  Mauch, Teri Jo ^a,b,c   Albertine, Kurt H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Research Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastogenesis; Cloaca; Hox; Imperforate anus; Malformation; Retinoic acid; Sheep; Shh; Urorectal septum

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HOMEOBOX; LAMB; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; TERATOGENESIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; URORECTAL SEPTUM MALFORMATION SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLADDER; CLOACA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; TWINS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; VAGINA;

ENTEROBACTER; ERINACEIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CLOACA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; SHEEP; URINARY BLADDER; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; VAGINA;

EID: 0036893649     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10180     Document Type: Article

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