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The Pittsburgh Oral-Facial Cleft study: expanding the cleft phenotype. Background and justification.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - 1 Jan 2006
Weinberg Seth M, Neiswanger Katherine, Martin Rick A, Mooney Mark P, Kane Alex A, Wenger Sharon L, Losee Joseph, Deleyiannis Frederick, Ma Lian, De Salamanca Javier E, Czeizel Andrew E, Marazita Mary L
Abstract excerpt
The Pittsburgh Oral-Facial Cleft study was begun in 1993 with the primary goal of identifying genes involved in nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in a variety of populations worldwide. Based on the results from a number of pilot studies and preliminary genetic analyses, a new research focus was added to the Pittsburgh Oral-Facial Cleft study in 1999: to elucidate the role that associated phenotypic features play in...
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