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Bridging the gap between anatomy and molecular genetics for an improved understanding of congenital heart disease.
Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft - 1 May 2006
Reamon-Buettner Stella Marie, Spanel-Borowski Katharina, Borlak Jürgen
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Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality and malformations in congenital heart disease (CHD) are among the most prevalent and fatal of all birth defects. Yet the molecular mechanisms leading to CHD are complex and the causes of the cardiac malformations observed in humans are still unclear. In recent years, the pivotal role of certain transcription factors in heart development has been...
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