Septo-optic dysplasia and other midline defects: The role of transcription factors: HESX1 and beyond

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-124

  McCabe, Mark James ^a   Alatzoglou, Kyriaki S ^a   Dattani, Mehul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HESX1; OTX2; pituitary; Septo optic dysplasia; SOX2; SOX3

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA;

EID: 79952524771     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.06.008     Document Type: Review

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