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Confirmation of an association between RFLPs at the transforming growth factor-alpha locus and non-syndromic cleft lip and palate.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 1992
Holder S E, Vintiner G M, Farren B, Malcolm S, Winter R M
Abstract excerpt
Three RFLPs at the TGFA locus were studied in 60 unrelated British Caucasian subjects with non-syndromic cleft lip/palate and 60 controls. A highly significant association between the TaqI RFLP and the occurrence of clefting was found (chi 2 = 15.04, p = less than 0.001). No significant association was found with the two other RFLPs studied (BamHI and RsaI). Haplotypes derived from the three RFLPs at the TGFA...
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