Lack of evidence of WNT3A as a candidate gene for congenital vertebral malformations

Scoliosis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ghebranious, Nader ^a   Raggio, Cathleen L ^b   Blank, Robert D ^c,d   McPherson, Elizabeth ^a   Burmester, James K ^a   Ivacic, Lynn ^a   Rasmussen, Kristen ^a   Kislow, Jennifer ^a   Glurich, Ingrid ^a   Stig, F Stig ^a   Faciszewski, Thomas ^a   Pauli, Richard M ^e   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ^b   Giampietro, Philip F ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 35948949472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-2-13     Document Type: Article

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