Embryology of oesophageal atresia

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-11

  Ioannides, Adonis S ^a   Copp, Andrew J ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atresia; Embryology; Malformations; Oesophagus; Separation; Tracheooesophageal

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 57649192831     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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