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Analysis of FOXF1 and the FOX gene cluster in patients with VACTERL association.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Agochukwu Nneamaka B, Pineda-Alvarez Daniel E, Keaton Amelia A, Warren-Mora Nicole, Raam Manu S, Kamat Aparna, Chandrasekharappa Settara C, Solomon Benjamin D
Abstract excerpt
VACTERL association, a relatively common condition with an incidence of approximately 1 in 20,000 -35,000 births, is a non-random association of birth defects that includes vertebral defects (V), anal atresia (A), cardiac defects (C), tracheo-esophageal fistula (TE), renal anomalies (R) and limb malformations (L). Although the etiology is unknown in the majority of patients, there is evidence that it is causally...
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