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New Insights into the Impact of Genome-Wide Copy Number Variations on Complex Congenital Heart Disease in Saudi Arabia.
Omics : a journal of integrative biology - 1 Jan 2020
Dasouki Majed J, Wakil Salma M, Al-Harazi Olfat, Alkorashy Maarab, Muiya Nzioka P, Andres Editha, Hagos Samya, Aldusery Haya, Dzimiri Nduna, Colak Dilek
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are complex traits that manifest in diverse clinical phenotypes such as the Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), valvular and ventricular/atrial septal defects. Genetic mechanisms of CHDs have remained largely unclear to date. Copy number variations (CNVs) have been implicated in many complex diseases but their impact has not been examined extensively in various forms of CHD lesions. We...
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