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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS
Volume 148C, Issue 3, Pages 186-191Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30179
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gastroschisis; omphalocele; umbilical hernia; ventral body wall; animal models
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Malformations affecting the ventral body wall comprise one of the leading categories of human birth defects. Gastroschisis is a particularly important bodywall closure defect as its incidence is rising worldwide. Although the occurrence of such defects is relatively common their molecular and cellular basis is very poorly understood. A robust animal model system to study the etiology of gastroschisis would be very useful, but several problems currently hamper the identification of such a model. A concerted effort is required to recognize, characterize, and classify ventral body wall defects in animal model species so that progress can be made in determining the mechanisms of ventral body wall closure during human development as well as combating the increased incidence of gastroschisis worldwide. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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