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Evidence that TGFA influences risk to cleft lip with/without cleft palate through unconventional genetic mechanisms.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 2009
Sull Jae Woong, Liang Kung-Yee, Hetmanski Jacqueline B, Wu Tao, Fallin Margaret Daniele, Ingersoll Roxann G, Park Ji Wan, Wu-Chou Yah-Huei, Chen Philip K, Chong Samuel S, Cheah Felicia, Yeow Vincent, Park Beyoung Yun, Jee Sun Ha, Jabs Ethylin Wang, Redett Richard, Scott Alan F, Beaty Terri H
Abstract excerpt
This study examined the association between markers in transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) and isolated, non-syndromic cleft lip with/without palate (CL/P) using a case-parent trio design, considering parent-of-origin effects. We also tested for gene-environmental interaction with common mate...
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