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Novel GATA6 mutations associated with congenital ventricular septal defect or tetralogy of fallot.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Nov 2012
Wang Juan, Luo Xue-Jiao, Xin Yuan-Feng, Liu Yi, Liu Zhong-Min, Wang Qian, Li Ruo-Gu, Fang Wei-Yi, Wang Xiao-Zhou, Yang Yi-Qing
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common form of developmental malformation and is the leading noninfectious cause of infant mortality. Emerging evidence indicates that genetic defects are involved in the pathogenesis of CHD. Nevertheless, CHD is genetically heterogeneous, and the molecular basis for CHD in a majority of patients remains unknown. In this study, the whole coding region of GATA6, a gene...
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