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Association of chromosomal regions 3p21.2, 10p13, and 16p13.3 with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Feb 2004
Blanton Susan H, Bertin Terry, Serna Maria E, Stal Samuel, Mulliken John B, Hecht Jacqueline T
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 4,000 babies with nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP) are born each year in the United States. Because NSCLP exhibits both etiologic and genetic heterogeneity, attempts to identify the underlying genetic causes have met with limited success and the pursuit of early promising findings have yielded mixed results. Two recent genomic scans identified a number of suggestive...
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