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Selected gene polymorphisms and their interaction with maternal smoking, as risk factors for gastroschisis.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Oct 2006
Torfs Claudine P, Christianson Roberta E, Iovannisci David M, Shaw Gary M, Lammer Edward J
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BACKGROUND: Gastroschisis is a severe birth defect in which the infant is born with a portion of the intestines extruding through a small tear in the abdominal wall, usually to the right of the umbilical cord. Its etiology is unknown, but the prevailing hypothesis is that it results from a vascular accident at the time of involution of the right umbilical vein or of the development of the superior mesenteric...
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