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No association between polymorphisms in cubilin, a gene of the homocysteine metabolism and the risk of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate.
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology - 1 Jan 2000
Martinelli M, Carinci F, Morselli P G, Palmieri A, Girardi A, Riberti C, Scapoli L
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have correlated lower maternal periconceptional levels of plasma folate and cobalamin with increased risk of delivering offspring presenting congenital malformations such as cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) or neural tube defects. A number of genetic studies aimed at correlating these biochemical levels or the occurrence of malformations with specific genetic defects or...
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