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Analyses of GATA4, NKX2.5, and TFAP2B genes in subjects from southern China with sporadic congenital heart disease.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Xiong Fu, Li Qian, Zhang Cuimei, Chen Youming, Li Ping, Wei Xiaofeng, Li Qiang, Zhou Wanjun, Li Liang, Shang Xuan, Xu Xiangmin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect in newborns in southern China. The germline mutations in GATA4, NKX2.5, and TFAP2B genes have been identified to be responsible for congenital heart disease. The frequency of GATA4, NKX2.5, and TFAP2B mutations in subjects with congenital heart disease in southern China and the correlation between their genotype and congenital heart disease...
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