Recessively inherited right atrial isomerism caused by mutations in growth/differentiation factor 1 (GDF1)

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2747-2753

  Kaasinen, Eevi ^a   Aittomäki, Kristiina ^a,b   Eronen, Marianne ^c   Vahteristo, Pia ^a   Karhu, Auli ^a   Mecklin, Jukka Pekka ^d   Kajantie, Eero ^e,f   Aaltonen, Lauri A ^a   Lehtonen, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; GDF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM ISOMERISM; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SIBLING; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECESSIVE GENE; SITUS INVERSUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; SITUS INVERSUS;

EID: 77954509134     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq164     Document Type: Article

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