Etiology of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula: "Mind the gap"

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-222

  De Jong, Elisabeth M ^a,b   Felix, Janine F ^a   De Klein, Annelies ^b   Tibboel, Dick ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AEG syndrome; CHARGE syndrome; Congenital anomaly; Feingold syndrome; Foregut; Genes; VACTERL

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP A PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP C PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP D2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP G PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOXF1; PROTEIN FOXL1; PROTEIN MID1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHTHALMIA ESOPHAGEAL GENITAL SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEINGOLD SYNDROME; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPITZ SYNDROME; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYNDROME CHARGE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENVIRONMENT; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 77956394595     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-010-0108-1     Document Type: Review

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