Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 2-9 , February 2007

Mutational analyses of UPIIIA, SHH, EFNB2, and HNF1β in persistent cloaca and associated kidney malformations

  • Dagan Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WCIN IEH, UK
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  • Maria Bitner-Glindzicz

      Affiliations

    • Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WCIN IEH, UK
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  • Louise Thomasson

      Affiliations

    • Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WCIN IEH, UK
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  • Sue Malcolm

      Affiliations

    • Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WCIN IEH, UK
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  • Stephanie A. Warne

      Affiliations

    • Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WCIN IEH, UK
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  • Sally A. Feather

      Affiliations

    • St James' University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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  • Sarah E. Flanagan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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  • Sian Ellard

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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  • Coralie Bingham

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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  • Lane Santos

      Affiliations

    • Univesity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Mark Henkemeyer

      Affiliations

    • Univesity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Andrew Zinn

      Affiliations

    • Univesity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Linda A. Baker

      Affiliations

    • Univesity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Duncan T. Wilcox

      Affiliations

    • Univesity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Adrian S. Woolf

      Affiliations

    • Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WCIN IEH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7905 2615; fax: +44 20 7905 2133.

Received 6 October 2005 ,Accepted 1 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.03.002

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 2-9 , February 2007

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