FAMILIAL OCCURRENCE OF CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA - FATHER-TO-SON INHERITANCE

Authors
JANIK JP JANIK JS WAYNE ER PANTOJA A
Citation
Jp. Janik et al., FAMILIAL OCCURRENCE OF CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA - FATHER-TO-SON INHERITANCE, Pediatric surgery international, 11(2-3), 1996, pp. 169-171
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
11
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
169 - 171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1996)11:2-3<169:FOOCD->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Familial occurrence of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is rare. This i s only the second case of parent-to-child inheritance and the first ca se of father-to-son inheritance. The available data point toward a mul tifactorial mode of genetic transmission.