Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 7 , Pages 2074-2091 , June 2009

The Role of the Visceral Mesoderm in the Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract

  • Valérie A. McLin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Valérie A. McLin, MD, Unite de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie et Nutrition Pediatrique, Hopital des Enfants, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Susan J. Henning

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Milan Jamrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Received 19 September 2008 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding V.A.M. is supported by the National Institutes of Health (K08DK078656) and a Young Investigator Award from the Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation, S.J.H. is supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01DK069585), and M.J. is supported by the Retinal Research Foundation.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.001

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 7 , Pages 2074-2091 , June 2009

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