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Mouse models for neural tube closure defects.
Human molecular genetics - 12 Apr 2000
Juriloff D M, Harris M J
Abstract excerpt
Neural tube closure defects (NTDs), in particular anencephaly and spina bifida, are common human birth defects (1 in 1000), their genetics is complex and their risk is reduced by periconceptional maternal folic acid supplementation. There are > 60 mouse mutants and strains with NTDs, many reported within the past 2 years. Not only are NTD mutations at loci widely heterogeneous in function, but also most of the...
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