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Association analysis of the SOX10 polymorphism with Hirschsprung disease in the Han Chinese population.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Oct 2011
Pan Zhi-Wen, Lou Jintu, Luo Chunfen, Yu Linjun, Li Ji-Cheng
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BACKGROUND: Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man 142623) is a typical developmental disorder of the enteric nervous system in which ganglion cells fail to innervate the lower gastrointestinal tract during embryonic development. SOX10 gene is involved in the normal development of the enteric nervous system. Heterozygous SOX10 mutations have been identified in patients with syndromic...
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