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Pbx/Meis deficiencies demonstrate multigenetic origins of congenital heart disease.
Circulation research - 26 Sept 2008
Stankunas Kryn, Shang Ching, Twu Karen Y, Kao Shih-Chu, Jenkins Nancy A, Copeland Neal G, Sanyal Mrinmoy, Selleri Licia, Cleary Michael L, Chang Ching-Pin
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart diseases are traditionally considered to be multifactorial in pathogenesis resulting from environmental and genetic interactions that determine penetrance and expressivity within a genetically predisposed family. Recent evidence suggests that genetic contributions have been significantly underestimated. However, single gene defects occur only in a minority of cases, and multigenetic causes of...
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