Article
Association between alleles of the transforming growth factor-alpha locus and the occurrence of cleft lip.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 1993
Sassani R, Bartlett S P, Feng H, Goldner-Sauve A, Haq A K, Buetow K H, Gasser D L
Abstract excerpt
DNA samples from 100 patients with cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) were compared with those of 98 unaffected control individuals with respect to transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) genotypes. Among the Caucasians in this population (83 CL/P, 84 controls), there was a significant...
Topics
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Black People
- Child
- Cleft Lip
- Cleft Palate
- DNA
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Transforming Growth Factor alpha
- White People
- Black or African American