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Orofacial clefts and spina bifida: N-acetyltransferase phenotype, maternal smoking, and medication use.
Teratology - 1 Nov 2002
van Rooij Iris A L M, Groenen Pascal M W, van Drongelen Merel, Te Morsche René H M, Peters Wilbert H M, Steegers-Theunissen Régine P M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Orofacial clefts and spina bifida are midline defects with a multifactorial etiology. Maternal smoking and medication use periconceptionally have been studied as risk factors for these malformations. The biotransformation enzyme N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2), plays a part in the inacti...
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