Bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-522

  Ludwig, Michael ^b   Ching, Bonnie ^a   Reutter, Heiko ^b   Boyadjiev, Simeon A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bladder exstrophy epispadias complex; Genetics; Multifactorial; OEIS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; MISOPROSTOL; NIGERICIN; OCHRATOXIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; SURAMIN; TRYPAN BLUE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BLADDER EXSTROPHY EPISPADIA COMPLEX; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISPADIAS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TWINS; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67649396071     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20557     Document Type: Review

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