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Obstructive heart defects associated with candidate genes, maternal obesity, and folic acid supplementation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2015
Tang Xinyu, Cleves Mario A, Nick Todd G, Li Ming, MacLeod Stewart L, Erickson Stephen W, Li Jingyun, Shaw Gary M, Mosley Bridget S, Hobbs Charlotte A
Abstract excerpt
Right-sided and left-sided obstructive heart defects (OHDs) are subtypes of congenital heart defects, in which the heart valves, arteries, or veins are abnormally narrow or blocked. Previous studies have suggested that the development of OHDs involved a complex interplay between genetic variants and maternal factors. Using the data from 569 OHD case families and 1,644 control families enrolled in the National...
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