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Positive association of maternal G protein beta3 subunit 825T allele with reduced head circumference at birth.
Pediatric research - 1 Nov 2002
Masuda Kentaro, Osada Hisao, Iitsuka Yoshinori, Seki Katsuyoshi, Sekiya Souei
Abstract excerpt
G protein beta3 subunit C825T polymorphism, which has previously been studied in association with common disorders in adults such as hypertension and obesity, has been focused upon recently for a possible important role in fetal metabolism. Japanese are characterized by having equal allele frequencies for this polymorphism. In this study, we determined the maternal and infantile genotypes in 342 pairs of normal...
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