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Association of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD2) genes with nonsyndromic myelomeningocele.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Oct 2012
Kase Benjamin A, Northrup Hope, Morrison Alanna C, Davidson Christina M, Goiffon Amanda M, Fletcher Jack M, Ostermaier Kathryn K, Tyerman Gayle H, Au Kit Sing
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BACKGROUND: A common and severe neural tube defect (NTD) phenotype, myelomeningocele (MM), results from the defective closure of the caudal end of the neural tube with herniation of the spinal cord and meninges through the vertebral column. The exact mechanisms for NTDs are unknown, but excessive...
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