Molecular Basis of Developmental Anomalies of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract

Charles Shaw-Smith is a Consultant Clinical Geneticist in the Peninsula Regional Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter U.K. From 2006-2010, he was a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow based at Institute of Child Health, London, UK and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge U.K. Prior to that (2004-2010), Dr. Shaw-Smith was a University Lecturer in Medical Genetics and Honorary Consultant in the East Anglian Medical Genetics Service, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge U.K. Dr. Shaw-Smith has a long-standing interest in the application of novel genetic technology to the understanding of developmental disorders in humans, in particular those of the gastrointestinal tract.

Introduction
Esophagus
Stomach
Pancreas
Hepato-Biliary Tract
Small Intestine
Colon
Anus and Rectum
Disorders of Laterality
Malformation Sequences Involving Organs of the GI Tract of Non-genetic or Unknown Etiology
Non-genetic Etiologies in Congenital Malformations of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Future of Genetic Testing in GI Malformations
Appendix Table
Bibliography
Author Biography