Looking past the lump: genetic aspects of inguinal hernia in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1423-1431

  Barnett, Christopher ^a   Langer, Jacob C ^a   Hinek, Aleksander ^a   Bradley, Timothy J ^a   Chitayat, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Direct inguinal hernia; Genetic syndromes; Indirect inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; GAG PROTEIN;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; COSTELLO SYNDROME; CUTIS LAXA; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENKES SYNDROME; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PERSISTENT MULLERIAN DUCT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CHILD; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 67649382945     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.022     Document Type: Review

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