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Association between maternal exposure to tobacco, presence of TGFA gene, and the occurrence of oral clefts. A case control study.
Clinical oral investigations - 1 Jan 2018
Junaid Mohammed, Narayanan M B Aswath, Jayanthi D, Kumar S G Ramesh, Selvamary A Leena
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between maternal tobacco use or exposure, presence of variant transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) gene, and the occurrence of oral clefts. METHODS: The present case control study was carried out for 5 months in three tertiary government hospitals in Chennai city with a sample of 100 children (50 children with non syndromic cleft and 50 control) aged 0-24 months. The...
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