Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 10 , Pages 1699-1703 , October 2006

Family study of the inheritance of pectus excavatum

  • Heather A. Creswick

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 757 668 9723; fax: +1 757 668 9724.
    • ,
  • Michael W. Stacey

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Robert E. Kelly Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Tina Gustin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Donald Nuss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Helen Harvey

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Michael J. Goretsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen Vasser

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • J. Camille Welch

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Karen Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • ,
  • Virginia K. Proud

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA

References 

  1. Chung CS, Myrianthopoulos NC. Factors affecting risks of congenital malformations. I. Analysis of epidemiologic factors in congenital malformation. Report from the collaborative perinatal project. Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1975;11(10):1–22
  2. Snyder LH, Curtis GM. An inherited ‘hollow chest’, koilosternia, a new character dependent upon a dominant autosomal gene. J Hered. 1934;25:445–447
  3. Stoddard SE. The inheritance of ‘hollow chest’, ‘cobbler's chest’ due to heredity—not an occupational deformity. J Hered. 1939;30:139–141
  4. Leung AK, Hoo JJ. Familial congenital funnel chest. Am J Med Genet. 1987;26(4):887–890
  5. Croitoru DP, Kelly RE, Goretsky MJ, et al. Experience and modification update for the minimally invasive Nuss technique for pectus excavatum repair in 303 patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2002;37(3):437–445
  6. Park HJ, Lee SY, Lee CS, et al. The Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum: evolution of techniques and early results on 322 patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004;77(1):289–295
  7. Bennett RL, et al. Recommendations for standardized human pedigree nomenclature. Am J Hum Genet. 1995;56:745–752

PII: S0022-3468(06)00409-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.071

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 10 , Pages 1699-1703 , October 2006

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution