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A Biobank for Long-term and Sustainable Research in the Field of Congenital Heart Disease in Germany.
Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics - 1 Aug 2016
Pickardt Thomas, Niggemeyer Eva, Bauer Ulrike M M, Abdul-Khaliq Hashim
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most frequent birth defect (0.8%-1% of all live births). Due to the advance in prenatal and postnatal early diagnosis and treatment, more than 90% of these patients survive into adulthood today. However, several mid- and long-term morbidities are dominating the follow-up of these patients. Due to the rarity and heterogeneity of the phenotypes of CHD, multicenter...
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