Molecular diagnosis of vertebral segmentation disorders in humans

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1107-1121

  Giampietro, Philip F ^a   Dunwoodie, Sally L ^b   Kusumi, Kenro ^c   Pourquié, Olivier ^d   Tassy, Olivier ^d   Offiah, Amaka C ^e   Cornier, Alberto S ^f   Alman, Benjamin A ^g   Blank, Robert D ^h   Raggio, Cathleen L ⁱ   Glurich, Ingrid ^a   Turnpenny, Peter D ^j  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^j ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Alagille syndrome; Array based comparative genomic hybridization; CHARGE syndrome; CHD7; Congenital scoliosis; Congenital vertebral malformation; Dll3; ICVAS; JAG1; Jarcho Levin syndrome; Klippel Feil syndrome; LFNG; MESP2; NOTCH2; PAX1; SLC35A3; Spondylothoracic dysostosis; T(Brachyury); Tbx6; Teratogens; VACTERL; Wnt3A

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BORIC ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FUMONISIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HOX PROTEIN; JAGGED1; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ALAGILLE SYNDROME; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUSARIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JARCHO LEVIN SYNDROME; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TERATOGENESIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 77953398655     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2.10.1107     Document Type: Review

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