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Genetics of Hirschsprung disease and anorectal malformations.
Seminars in pediatric surgery - 1 May 2010
Mundt Erin, Bates Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Hirschsprung disease (HD) and anorectal malformations (ARMs) result from alterations in hindgut development. It has long been recognized that both recur in families and thus result, at least in part, from genetic factors. Progress in the understanding of the genetic basis of HD has been made by the application of findings from genetic animal models of altered enteric nervous system development to human beings....
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