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A recurrent ITGA9 missense mutation in human fetuses with severe chylothorax: possible correlation with poor response to fetal therapy.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Nov 2008
Ma Gwo-Chin, Liu Chin-San, Chang Shun-Ping, Yeh Kun-Tu, Ke Yu-Yuan, Chen Tze-Ho, Wang Boris Bao-Tyan, Kuo Shou-Jen, Shih Jin-Chung, Chen Ming
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the possible correlations between the reported candidate genes (VEGFR3, FOXC2, ITGA9 and ITGB1) and the clinical response in fetuses with severe congenital chylothorax (CC) treated by prenatal OK-432 pleurodesis. METHODS: We studied 12 unrelated fetuses with severe CC, recei...
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