Article
Increased heritability of certain types of anorectal malformations.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Jan 2007
Falcone Richard A, Levitt Marc A, Peña Alberto, Bates Michael
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Various lines of evidence point to genetic causes for the diverse spectrum of anorectal malformations (ARMs); we therefore studied patterns of heritability in a large case series. METHODS: We searched our ARM database for all patients having family members with congenital anomalies. This group was analyzed to determine the type of ARM and the specific anomalies in affected family members. RESULTS:...
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