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Hirschsprung's disease: genetic mutations in mice and men.
Gut - 1 Oct 1997
Robertson K, Mason I, Hall S
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Hirschsprung's disease is a neuronal dysplasia of the hindgut, characterised by a loss of neurones, which affects about 1 in 5000 live births. Genetic factors have been implicated in the aetiology of this disease in about 20% of cases and a dominant pattern of inheritance has been revealed in several families. The pathogenesis of the aganglionosis is often attributed to a failure of migration of neural crest...
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