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Maternal medication use, carriership of the ABCB1 3435C > T polymorphism and the risk of a child with cleft lip with or without cleft palate.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2009
Bliek Bart J B, van Schaik Ron H N, van der Heiden Ilse P, Sayed-Tabatabaei Fakhredin A, van Duijn Cock M, Steegers Eric A P, Steegers-Theunissen Régine P M
Abstract excerpt
Gene-environment interactions in the periconceptional period play an increasing role in the pathogenesis of birth defects, including cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P). The P-glycoprotein, encoded by the ABCB1 gene, is suggested to protect the developing embryo from medication and other xenobio...
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