MNX1 (HLXB9) mutations in Currarino patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1892-1898

  Garcia Barceló, Maria Mercè ^a,b   Lui, Vincent Chi Hang ^a,b   So, Man ting ^a   Miao, Xiaoping ^a   Leon, Thomas Yuk yu ^a   Yuan, Zhen wei ^c   Ngan, Elly Sau wai ^a,b   Ehsan, Toufique ^a   Chung, Patrick Ho yu ^a   Khong, Pek lan ^a,c   Wong, Kenneth Kak yuen ^a   Tam, Paul Kwong hang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Currarino; MNX1

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN HLXB9; MNX1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURRARINO SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MOTONEURON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM AGENESIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANAL CANAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; SACRUM; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70350077299     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.03.039     Document Type: Article

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