Congenital scoliosis: a review and update

D Hedequist, J Emans - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Vertebral anomalies causing congenital scoliosis are classified on the basis of failures of
formation, segmentation, or both. The natural history depends on the type of anomaly and …

Mouse phenotyping

H Fuchs, V Gailus-Durner, T Adler, JA Aguilar-Pimentel… - Methods, 2011 - Elsevier
Model organisms like the mouse are important tools to learn more about gene function in
man. Within the last 20years many mutant mouse lines have been generated by different …

ptk7 mutant zebrafish models of congenital and idiopathic scoliosis implicate dysregulated Wnt signalling in disease

M Hayes, X Gao, LX Yu, N Paria… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Scoliosis is a complex genetic disorder of the musculoskeletal system, characterized by
three-dimensional rotation of the spine. Curvatures caused by malformed vertebrae …

Using zebrafish as a model system for studying the transgenerational effects of dioxin

TR Baker, RE Peterson, W Heideman - Toxicological Sciences, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 2, 3, 7, 8 Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) has been associated with many
disease states in humans. A rising concern is that exposure early in life can lead to adult …

What's new in congenital scoliosis?

JM Pahys, JT Guille - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Congenital scoliosis is a failure of vertebral formation, segmentation, or a
combination of the 2 arising from abnormal vertebral development during weeks 4 to 6 of …

The coexistence of copy number variations (CNVs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at a locus can result in distorted calculations of the significance in …

J Liu, Y Zhou, S Liu, X Song, XZ Yang, Y Fan, W Chen… - Human genetics, 2018 - Springer
With the recent advance in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), disease-associated
single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and copy number variants (CNVs) have been …

Progress in the understanding of the genetic etiology of vertebral segmentation disorders in humans

PF Giampietro, SL Dunwoodie… - Annals of the New …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Vertebral malformations contribute substantially to the pathophysiology of kyphosis and
scoliosis, common health problems associated with back and neck pain, disability, cosmetic …

An analysis of PAX1 in the development of vertebral malformations

PF Giampietro, CL Raggio, CE Reynolds… - Clinical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the sporadic occurrence of congenital vertebral malformations, traditional linkage
approaches to identify genes associated with human vertebral development are not …

Comparative anti-androgenic actions of vinclozolin and flutamide on transgenerational adult onset disease and spermatogenesis

MD Anway, SS Rekow, MK Skinner - Reproductive toxicology, 2008 - Elsevier
Exposure of gestating female rats to the anti-androgenic endocrine disruptor vinclozolin has
been shown to induce transgenerational adult onset disease phenotypes. The current study …

Neuromonitoring for scoliosis surgery

CD Glover, NP Carling - Anesthesiology clinics, 2014 - anesthesiology.theclinics.com
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