Genitourinary defects associated with genomic deletions in 2p15 encompassing OTX1.

Genitourinary defects associated with genomic deletions in 2p15 encompassing OTX1.

Normal development of the genitourinary (GU) tract is a complex process that frequently goes awry. In male children the most frequent congenital GU anomalies are cryptorchidism (1-4%), hypospadias (1%) and micropenis (0.35%). Bladder exstrophy and epispadias complex (BEEC) (1∶47000) occurs less freq...

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Main Authors: Carolina J Jorgez, Jill A Rosenfeld, Nathan R Wilken, Hima V Vangapandu, Aysegul Sahin, Dung Pham, Claudia M B Carvalho, Anne Bandholz, Amanda Miller, David D Weaver, Barbara Burton, Deepti Babu, John S Bamforth, Timothy Wilks, Daniel P Flynn, Elizabeth Roeder, Ankita Patel, Sau W Cheung, James R Lupski, Dolores J Lamb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4159299?pdf=render

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