Molecular genetics of congenital diaphragmatic defects

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Bielinska, Malgorzata ^a   Jay, Patrick Y ^a   Erlich, Jonathan M ^a   Mannisto, Susanna ^c   Urban, Zsolt ^a   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a,c   Wilson, David B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Congenital heart defects; Diaphragmatic eventration; Diaphragmatic hernia; Embryonic development; Gonadal sex reversal

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; EPHRIN B1; FIBRILLIN; FIBULIN; FRIEND OF GATA 2 PROTEIN; GLYCPICAN 3; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; SLIT2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BIRTH DEFECT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOPATHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG MALFORMATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 34250156665     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890701326883     Document Type: Review

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