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The maternal-age-associated risk of congenital heart disease is modifiable.
Nature - 9 Apr 2015
Schulkey Claire E, Regmi Suk D, Magnan Rachel A, Danzo Megan T, Luther Herman, Hutchinson Alayna K, Panzer Adam A, Grady Mary M, Wilson David B, Jay Patrick Y
Abstract excerpt
Maternal age is a risk factor for congenital heart disease even in the absence of any chromosomal abnormality in the newborn. Whether the basis of this risk resides with the mother or oocyte is unknown. The impact of maternal age on congenital heart disease can be modelled in mouse pups that harb...
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