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A polymorphic marker associated with non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a population in Heilongjiang Province, northern China.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Feb 2015
Mi Na, Hao Yanru, Jiao Xiaohui, Zheng Xudong, Shi Jinna, Chen Yongjie
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To further assess the roles of the ABCA4 (ATP-binding cassette, sub-family A, member 4) gene in NSCL/P, we investigated two tag SNPs in ABCA4 (rs481931 and rs560426) in a northern Chinese Han population where the prevalence of NSCL/P is high. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The two SNPs were examined for association with NSCL/P in 344 patients and 324 healthy controls. Peripheral blood samples were acquired at...
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