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Evaluation of genes involved in limb development, angiogenesis, and coagulation as risk factors for congenital limb deficiencies.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2012
Browne Marilyn L, Carter Tonia C, Kay Denise M, Kuehn Devon, Brody Lawrence C, Romitti Paul A, Liu Aiyi, Caggana Michele, Druschel Charlotte M, Mills James L
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a population-based case-control study of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in selected genes to find common variants that play a role in the etiology of limb deficiencies (LDs). Included in the study were 389 infants with LDs of unknown cause and 980 unaffected controls selected from all births in New York State (NYS) for the years 1998-2005. We used cases identified from the NYS Department of...
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