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Variants of folate metabolism genes and risk of left-sided cardiac defects.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Jan 2010
Mitchell Laura E, Long Jin, Garbarini Jennifer, Paluru Prasuna, Goldmuntz Elizabeth
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BACKGROUND: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common, serious group of birth defects. Although relatively little is known about the causes of these conditions and there are no established prevention strategies, evidence suggests that the risk of CHDs may be related to maternal folate status as well as genetic variants in folate-related genes. Efforts to establish the relationships between these factors...
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