Clinical features and HLXB9 gene mutation of a sporadic Chinese Currarino's syndrome case

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Liang, Ying ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Cai, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Currarino's syndrome; HLXB9 gene; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURRARINO SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HLXB9 GENE; HUMAN; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAL CANAL; BINDING SITES; COCCYX; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACRUM; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34249800389     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.03.062     Document Type: Article

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