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Developments in our understanding of the genetic basis of birth defects.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Aug 2015
Webber Daniel M, MacLeod Stewart L, Bamshad Michael J, Shaw Gary M, Finnell Richard H, Shete Sanjay S, Witte John S, Erickson Stephen W, Murphy Linda D, Hobbs Charlotte
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Birth defects are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There has been much progress in understanding the genetic basis of familial and syndromic forms of birth defects. However, the etiology of nonsydromic birth defects is not well-understood. Although there is still much work to be done, we have many of the tools needed to accomplish the task. Advances in next-generation sequencing have introduced...
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