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Polymorphisms in the genes encoding the 4 RET ligands, GDNF, NTN, ARTN, PSPN, and susceptibility to Hirschsprung disease.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Nov 2008
Fernandez Raquel M, Ruiz-Ferrer Macarena, Lopez-Alonso Manuel, Antiñolo Guillermo, Borrego Salud
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PURPOSE: Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a developmental disorder caused by a failure of neural crest cells to migrate, proliferate, and/or differentiate during the enteric nervous system development. It presents a multifactorial, nonmendelian pattern of inheritance, with several genes playing som...
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