Exome Sequencing and Congenital Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect and affects roughly 1% of the global population. There have been many large CHD sequencing projects in developing countries but none in sub-Saharan Africa. In this exome sequencing study, we recruited families from Lagos, Nigeria, affected by structural heart disease. Methods: Ninety-eight participants with CHD and an average age of 3.6...

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