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A gene for familial total anomalous pulmonary venous return maps to chromosome 4p13-q12.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1995
Bleyl S, Nelson L, Odelberg S J, Ruttenberg H D, Otterud B, Leppert M, Ward K
Abstract excerpt
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is a cyanotic congenital heart defect that, without surgical correction, has a high mortality rate in the first year of life. It usually occurs without a family history and has a low recurrence risk. However, we recently reported a large Utah-Idaho family in which TAPVR segregates as an autosomal dominant trait with decreased penetrance. Linkage mapping with highly...
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