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Genetic mechanisms controlling cardiovascular development.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Mar 2008
Bentham Jamie, Bhattacharya Shoumo
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and death in the West; the incidence is approximately 1 in 145 live births. Mendelian and chromosomal syndromes account for approximately 20% of CHD. The genetic mechanisms underlying non-chromosomal or non-Mendelian "sporadic...
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