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Novel <b><i>VANGL1</i></b> Gene Mutations in 144 Slovakian, Romanian and German Patients with Neural Tube Defects
1 Jan 2012
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Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a group of congenital malformations of the central nervous system occurring at an average rate of 1 per 1,000 human pregnancies worldwide. Numerous genetic and environmental factors are discussed to be relevant in their etiology. In mice, mutants in >200 genes including the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway are known to cause NTDs, and recently, heterozygous mutations in the human...
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