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Lower incidence of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in females: is homocysteine a factor?
Journal of biosciences - 1 Mar 2013
Kumari Priyanka, Ali Akhtar, Sukla Krishna K, Singh Subodh K, Raman Rajiva
Abstract excerpt
In India, as in other parts of the world, nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL +/- P) is a highly prevalent birth defect, its incidence in males being twice that in females. A case-control association study has been carried out with respect to homocysteine level and MTHFR C677T, A1298C and SLC19A1 (RFC1) G80A genotypes from an eastern Indian cohort to investigate whether Hcy and other...
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