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Family-based study shows heterogeneity of a susceptibility locus on chromosome 8q24 for nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Apr 2010
Blanton Susan H, Burt Amber, Stal Samuel, Mulliken John B, Garcia Elizabeth, Hecht Jacqueline T
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BACKGROUND: Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate is a common birth defect. Although a number of susceptibility loci have been reported, replication has often been lacking. This is likely due, in part, to the heterogeneity of datasets and methodologies. Two independent genome-wide a...
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