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Polymorphic variants in VAX1 and the risk of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a population from northern China.
Medicine - 1 Apr 2017
Li Dongmei, Liu Tingting, Meng Xiangbiao, Guo Qiang, Shi Jinna, Hao Yanru, Jiao Xiaohui, Lv Kewen, Song Tao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P) is one of the most common craniofacial birth defects, and the etiology of NSCL/P involves both genetic and environmental factors. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a novel susceptibility locus of ventral anterior homeobox 1 (VAX1) in patients with NSCL/P. However, the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of...
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