The pathogenesis of atrial and atrioventricular septal defects with special emphasis on the role of the dorsal mesenchymal protrusion

Differentiation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-130

  Briggs, Laura E ^a   Kakarla, Jayant ^b   Wessels, Andy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect (ASD); Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD); Dorsal mesenchymal protrusion (DMP); Ostium primum defect; Ostium secundum defect; Second heart field (SHF)

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL MESENCHYMAL PROTRUSION; DORSAL MESENCHYMAL PROTRUSION MALDEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECTS; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHIONS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE;

EID: 84863101766     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2012.05.006     Document Type: Review

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