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[Genetic origin of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate. TWIST, a candidate gene? Research protocol].
L' Orthodontie francaise - 1 Dec 2007
Bacon William, Tschill Pascal, Grollemund Bruno, Matern Olivier, Rinkenbach Renaud, Sauvage Paul, Kaufmann Isabelle, Bousquet Pascal, Brandt Christian, Perrin-Schmitt Fabienne
Abstract excerpt
Non syndromic cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most frequent human malformation. CLP is of complex inheritance and at least twenty contributing chromosomal regions have been identified by linkage studies. On the other hand, mutations in several genes such as TWIST and FGFR2 result in syndromic c...
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