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Copy number variants in candidate genes are genetic modifiers of Hirschsprung disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Jiang Qian, Ho Yen-Yi, Hao Li, Nichols Berrios Courtney, Chakravarti Aravinda
Abstract excerpt
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a neurocristopathy characterized by absence of intramural ganglion cells along variable lengths of the gastrointestinal tract. The HSCR phenotype is highly variable with respect to gender, length of aganglionosis, familiality and the presence of additional anomalies. By molecular genetic analysis, a minimum of 11 neuro-developmental genes (RET, GDNF, NRTN, SOX10, EDNRB, EDN3, ECE1,...
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