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MTHFR 677 TT genotype in a mother and her child with Down syndrome, atrioventricular canal and exstrophy of the bladder: implications of a mutual genetic risk factor?
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2006
Reutter Heiko, Betz Regina C, Ludwig Michael, Boemers Thomas M
Abstract excerpt
Apart from Husmann and Vandersteen [in: Gearhart JP, Matthews R (eds) The Epispadias-Exstrophy Complex. Kluwer, New York, pp 199-206, 1999], we report only the second case of Down syndrome (DS) associated with exstrophy of the bladder (EB). Besides the appearance of DS, the newborn exhibited a complete atrioventricular canal (CAVC) and classical EB, including diastases of the symphysis, an epispadic penis and an...
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