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Folate and clefts of the lip and palate--a U.K.-based case-control study: Part II: Biochemical and genetic analysis.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - 1 Jul 2008
Little J, Gilmour M, Mossey P A, Fitzpatrick D, Cardy A, Clayton-Smith J, Hill A, Duthie S J, Fryer A E, Molloy A M, Scott J M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between nonsyndromic oral clefts and biochemical measures of folate status and the MTHFR C677T variant in the United Kingdom, where there has been no folic acid fortification program. METHOD: Dietary details were obtained from the mothers of 112 cases of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL+/-P), 78 cleft palate only (CP) cases, and 248 unaffected infants. Infant and...
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