Genome-wide association study in patients with posterior urethral valves

• Main Authors: Loes F. M. van der Zanden (Author), Carlo Maj (Author), Oleg Borisov (Author), Iris A. L. M. van Rooij (Author), Josine S. L. T. Quaedackers (Author), Martijn Steffens (Author), Luca Schierbaum (Author), Sophia Schneider (Author), Lea Waffenschmidt (Author), Lambertus A. L. M. Kiemeney (Author), Liesbeth L. L. de Wall (Author), Stefanie Heilmann (Author), Aybike Hofmann (Author), Jan Gehlen (Author), Johannes Schumacher (Author), Maria Szczepanska (Author), Katarzyna Taranta-Janusz (Author), Pawel Kroll (Author), Grazyna Krzemien (Author), Agnieszka Szmigielska (Author), Michiel F. Schreuder (Author), Stefanie Weber (Author), Marcin Zaniew (Author), Nel Roeleveld (Author), Heiko Reutter (Author), Wout F. J. Feitz (Author), Alina C. Hilger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital lower urinary tract obstructions (LUTO) are most often caused by posterior urethral valves (PUV), a male limited anatomical obstruction of the urethra affecting 1 in 4,000 male live births. Little is known about the genetic background of PUV. Here, we report the largest genome-wide associ...