Clinical and genetic analysis of microtia in Japan.

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Microtia is thought to have a multifactorial inheritance, but several investigators disagree. Here we report our survey of the hereditary factors and possible causes. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 428 patients with microtia who were being treated at two hospitals from September 2006 to September 2008. We recorded their age, sex, affected side, duration of gestation, birth weight, age of parents at...

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