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Genome-wide linkage scan for bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Feb 2009
Ludwig Michael, Rüschendorf Franz, Saar Kathrin, Hübner Norbert, Siekmann Lothar, Boyadjiev Simeon A, Reutter Heiko
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BACKGROUND: The bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex represents a spectrum of urogenital anomalies in which part or all of the distal urinary tract fail to close and are exposed on the outer abdominal wall. Previous studies are suggestive of an underlying multifactorial mode of inheritance. Howev...
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