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Genome-wide copy number variant analysis for congenital ventricular septal defects in Chinese Han population.
BMC medical genomics - 8 Jan 2016
An Yu, Duan Wenyuan, Huang Guoying, Chen Xiaoli, Li Li, Nie Chenxia, Hou Jia, Gui Yonghao, Wu Yiming, Zhang Feng, Shen Yiping, Wu Bailin, Wang Hongyan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) constitute the most prevalent congenital heart disease (CHD), occurs either in isolation (isolated VSD) or in combination with other cardiac defects (complex VSD). Copy number variation (CNV) has been highlighted as a possible contributing factor to the etiology of many congenital diseases. However, little is known concerning the involvement of CNVs in either isolated...
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