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Candidate genes and risk for CP: a population-based study.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 2011
Wu Yvonne W, Croen Lisa A, Vanderwerf Andrew, Gelfand Amy A, Torres Anthony R
Abstract excerpt
Studies suggest that genetic polymorphisms may increase an individual's susceptibility to CP. Most findings have yet to be corroborated in an independent cohort. This case-control study is nested within all 334,333 infants ≥36 wk gestation born at Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 1991-2002. We included only non-Hispanic whites who had a neonatal blood sample available. Case patients (n = 138) were...
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