Role of HOXA7 to HOXA13 and PBX1 genes in various forms of MRKH syndrome (congenital absence of uterus and vagina)

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Burel, Agnès ^a   Mouchel, Thomas ^b   Odent, Sylvie ^c   Tiker, Filiz ^d   Knebelmann, Bertrand ^e   Pellerin, Isabelle ^a   Guerrier, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA13; PROTEIN HOXA7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LAPAROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUELLERIAN DUCT; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINURIA; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNDROME; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 33646338617     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-5-4     Document Type: Article

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