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Studying the genetics of Hirschsprung's disease: unraveling an oligogenic disorder.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Brooks A S, Oostra B A, Hofstra R M W
Abstract excerpt
Hirschsprung's disease is characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses of the gastrointestinal tract. Genetic dissection was successful as nine genes and four loci for Hirschsprung's disease susceptibility were identified. Different approaches were used to find these loci such as classical linkage in large families, identity by descent mapping in an inbred kindred,...
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