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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 2 (ARNT2): structure, gene mapping, polymorphisms, and candidate evaluation for human orofacial clefts.
Teratology - 1 Aug 2002
Barrow Lon L, Wines Mary E, Romitti Paul A, Holdener Bernadette C, Murray Jeffrey C
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BACKGROUND: Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts have an estimated incidence of 1/1000 live births. Population genetic and embryologic studies suggest that cleft palate only (CPO) may be a distinct clinical entity from cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P). Both CPO and CL/P are thought to be multifactorial in etiology, with evidence indicating that genetic, environmental, and developmental determinants may all...
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