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Pathogenesis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: additional clues regarding the involvement of the endothelin system.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2014
Mesdag Violette, Andrieux Joris, Coulon Capucine, Pennaforte Thomas, Storme Laurent, Manouvrier-Hanu Sylvie, Petit Florence
Abstract excerpt
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has an incidence of around 1/3,000 births. The pathogenesis of this developmental anomaly remains largely unknown and the description of small chromosomal imbalances in cases of CDH is of major interest for the identification of candidate genes. We report on a tandem 4q31.23 triplication encompassing the EDNRA gene identified by array-CGH in a male presenting an isolated left...
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