Inadequate PAX-1 gene expression as a cause of agenesis of the thoracolumbar spine with failure of segmentation. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1018-1021

  López, Benjamín C ^a   Dávid, Károly M ^a   Crockard, H Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

congenital anomaly; kyphoscoliosis; notochord; Pax 1 gene; segmentation; vertebral anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 1842410752     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.6.1018     Document Type: Article

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