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A unique methylation pattern co-segregates with neural tube defect statuses in Han Chinese pedigrees.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Dec 2017
Zhang Ruiping, Cao Lirong, Wang Yizheng, Fang Yulian, Zhao Linsheng, Li Weidong, Shi Ou-Yan, Cai Chun-Quan
Abstract excerpt
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a complex trait associated with gene-environment interactions. Folic acid deficiency and planar cell polarity gene mutations account for some NTD cases; however, the etiology of NTDs is still little understood. In this study, in three Han Chinese NTD pedigrees (two with multiple affected children), with no information on folic acid deficiency or supplement, we examined genome-wide...
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