Genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of esophageal atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula: An overview of the current concepts

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 747-754

  Felix, Janine F ^a   De Jong, Elisabeth M ^a,b   Torfs, Claudine P ^c   De Klein, A ^b   Rottier, Robbert J ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Esophageal atresia; Etiology; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPITZ SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXORUBICIN; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; RATS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ANIMALIA; FISTULA;

EID: 70349190358     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20592     Document Type: Review

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