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Study of four genes belonging to the folate pathway: transcobalamin 2 is involved in the onset of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2006
Martinelli Marcella, Scapoli Luca, Palmieri Annalisa, Pezzetti Furio, Baciliero Ugo, Padula Ernesto, Carinci Paolo, Morselli Paolo Giovanni, Carinci Francesco
Abstract excerpt
Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is the most common inborn craniofacial anomaly. Affected individuals require extensive medical and psychosocial support. Although CL/P has a complex and poorly understood etiology, increasing evidence of folate pathway involvement has been collected....
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