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Deep sequencing study of the MTHFR gene to identify variants associated with myelomeningocele.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Feb 2012
Aneji Chiamaka N, Northrup Hope, Au Kit Sing
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INTRODUCTION: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are congenital anomalies caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. A defect below the head region resulting in protuberance of meninges and nervous tissue is termed myelomeningocele (MM). MM, the most common NTD compatible with survival, occurs in approximately 1 in 1000 births worldwide. Maternal preconceptional and periconceptional folate...
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