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Mouse genetic models of cleft lip with or without cleft palate.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Feb 2008
Juriloff Diana M, Harris Muriel J
Abstract excerpt
Nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (CLP) is among the most common human birth defects. Transmission patterns suggest that the causes are "multifactorial" combinations of genetic and nongenetic factors, mostly distinct from those causing cleft secondary palate (CP). The major etiological factors are largely unknown, and the embryological mechanisms are not well understood. In contrast to CP or neural tube defects...
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