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Cleft lip and palate: understanding genetic and environmental influences.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Mar 2011
Dixon Michael J, Marazita Mary L, Beaty Terri H, Murray Jeffrey C
Abstract excerpt
Clefts of the lip and/or palate (CLP) are common birth defects of complex aetiology. CLP can occur in isolation or as part of a broad range of chromosomal, Mendelian or teratogenic syndromes. Although there has been marked progress in identifying genetic and environmental triggers for syndromic CLP, the aetiology of the more common non-syndromic (isolated) forms remains poorly characterized. Recently, using a...
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