Novel association of multiple gastrointestinal anomalies in a single patient: Can Sonic Hedgehog explain it?

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-63

  Rathod, Kirtikumar J ^a   Vaze, Dhananjay ^a   Narasimhan, Kannan L ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Duodenal atresia; Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula; Rotational anamoly; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; DUODENOSTOMY; DUODENUM; DUODENUM ATRESIA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MESENTERY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEPSIS; SIGMOID; STOMACH DISTENSION; SUPINE POSITION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 84857291877     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2011.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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