Article
A cluster of microvillous inclusion disease in the Navajo population.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 1999
Pohl J F, Shub M D, Trevelline E E, Ingebo K, Silber G, Rayhorn N, Holve S, Hu D
Abstract excerpt
We report 4 unrelated patients with characteristic microscopic findings of microvillous inclusion disease (MID) with early-onset phenotype. All 4 patients came from the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona. A literature search revealed a fifth unrelated Navajo child with MID. The unusually high incidence in this population indicates that a founder effect might be responsible for an increased frequency of this...
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