WNT7A Mutations in Patients with Müllerian Duct Abnormalities

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-221

  Timmreck, L S ^a   Pan, H A ^a   Reindollar, Richard H ^a   Gray, M R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital absence of the uterus and vagina; Mutation; M llerian ducts; WNT7A

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUELLERIAN DUCT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA APLASIA; WNT7A GENE;

EID: 0242300565     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1083-3188(03)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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