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Reduced endothelin-3 expression in sporadic Hirschsprung disease.
The British journal of surgery - 1 May 2000
Kenny S E, Hofstra R M, Buys C H, Vaillant C R, Lloyd D A, Edgar D H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enteric aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease has been linked to genes coding for endothelin-3 (EDN3) and the endothelin B receptor (EDNRB), but there is no such linkage in most patients with sporadic Hirschsprung disease. However, the similarity between the distal colonic aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease and that due to EDN3 or EDNRB mutations led to the hypothesis that levels of expression of...
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