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A novel NKX2.6 mutation associated with congenital ventricular septal defect.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Mar 2015
Wang Juan, Mao Jian-Hui, Ding Ke-Ke, Xu Wei-Jun, Liu Xing-Yuan, Qiu Xing-Biao, Li Ruo-Gu, Qu Xin-Kai, Xu Ying-Jia, Huang Ri-Tai, Xue Song, Yang Yi-Qing
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect and is the most prevalent non-infectious cause of infant death. Aggregating evidence demonstrates that genetic defects are involved in the pathogenesis of CHD. However, CHD is genetically heterogeneous and the genetic determinants for CHD in an overwhelming majority of patients remain unknown. In this study, the coding regions and splice junctions of...
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