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Janine F Felix1, Dick Tibboel, Annelies de Klein.
Abstract
Oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) are severe congenital anomalies of which the aetiology is largely unknown. Several chromosomal anomalies have been described in patients presenting with these anatomical malformations, but until now none of these has led to the identification of a single aetiological factor. This paper reviews the chromosomal abnormalities reported in cases of OA/TOF and serves as a starting point to identify chromosomal regions harbouring genes involved in the aetiology of OA/TOF.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17336605 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2006.12.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Med Genet ISSN: 1769-7212 Impact factor: 2.708