Article
Genome-wide analysis for micro-aberrations in familial exstrophy of the bladder using array-based comparative genomic hybridization.
BJU international - 1 Sept 2007
Reutter Heiko, Hoischen Alexander, Ludwig Michael, Stein Raimund, Radlwimmer Bernhard, Engels Hartmut, Wolffenbuttel Katja P, Weber Ruthild G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Exstrophy of the bladder (EB) is part of the bladder-exstrophy-epispadias complex (BEEC). Because familial occurrence of BEEC is rare, exogenous factors are thought to play a major role in the etiology of most BEEC cases. We aimed to investigate a possible genetic basis of BEEC in a consanguineous kindred of Moroccan origin with three members showing the same phenotypic expression of BEEC. PATIENTS AND...
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