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Candidate genes and cerebral palsy: a population-based study.
Pediatrics - 1 Nov 2008
Gibson Catherine S, Maclennan Alastair H, Dekker Gustaaf A, Goldwater Paul N, Sullivan Thomas R, Munroe David J, Tsang Shirley, Stewart Claudia, Nelson Karin B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine whether selected genetic polymorphisms in the infant are associated with later-diagnosed cerebral palsy. METHODS: A population-based case-control study was conducted of 28 single-nucleotide polymorphisms measured in newborn screening blood spots. A total of 413 children with later-diagnosed cerebral palsy were born to white women in South Australia in...
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