Concordance analyses of twins with bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex suggest genetic etiology [3]

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2751-2756

  Reutter, Heiko ^a   Qi, Lihong ^b   Gearhart, John P ^c   Boemers, Thomas ^d   Ebert, Anne Karoline ^e   Rösch, Wolfgang ^e   Ludwig, Michael ^a   Boyadjiev, Simeon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^e St Hedwig Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER EXSTROPHY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPISPADIAS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LETTER; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

BLADDER EXSTROPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 35948965290     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31975     Document Type: Letter

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