Article
[Genetics of congenital heart diseases].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Jul 2003
Bonnet D
Abstract excerpt
New insights into the genetics of congenital heart diseases in human beings have been drawn these past years. The identification of genes for heart defects have led to a new clinical approach of these malformations in children and their families. These progresses have been made with the help of positional cloning as well as with the analysis of mouse models. These findings also yielded a new complexity in...
Topics
- Animals
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Mice
- Pedigree
