Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in WAGR syndrome

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Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary anomalies, and mental retardation (WAGR) syndrome is a contiguous gene deletion syndrome involving the Wilms tumor 1 gene (WT1), the paired box gene 6 (PAX6), and possibly other genes on chromosome 11p13. WT1 is required for normal formation of the genitourinary system and the high incidence of Wilms tumor and genitourinary anomalies found in patients with WAGR are attributed...

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