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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Overview – RETIRED CHAPTER, FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY

Mauro Longoni  1 , Barbara R Pober  2 , Frances A High  3
Margaret P Adam, Sarah Bick, Ghayda M Mirzaa, Roberta A Pagon, Stephanie E Wallace, Anne Amemiya
, editors.
In: GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.
[updated ].
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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Overview – RETIRED CHAPTER, FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY

Mauro Longoni et al.
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NOTE: THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN RETIRED. THIS ARCHIVAL VERSION IS FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY, AND THE INFORMATION MAY BE OUT OF DATE.

The purpose of this overview is to:

  1. 1

    Describe the clinical characteristics of congenital diaphragmatic hernia;

  2. 2

    Review the genetic causes of congenital diaphragmatic hernia;

  3. 3

    Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a proband (when possible);

  4. 4

    Review management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia;

  5. 5

    Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

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