[Genetics of Hirschsprung disease].

Article

[Genetics of Hirschsprung disease].

Annales de chirurgie - 1 Jan 1996

Attié T, Amiel J, Jan D, Edery P, Pelet A, Salomon R, Munnich A, Lyonnet S, Nihoul-Fékété C

Abstract excerpt

Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is one of the commonest gastrointestinal malformations, as it affects one child out of 5,000 births. It classically induces severe neonatal intestinal obstruction requiring surgical treatment which currently ensures a favourable prognosis for most of the affected child...

Topics

Drosophila Proteins
Endothelin-3
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Hirschsprung Disease
Humans
Mutation
Phenotype
Proto-Oncogene Mas
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Receptors, Endothelin

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