[Cleft lip and palate in the Chilean population: association with BamH1 polymorphism of the transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) gene].

Article

[Cleft lip and palate in the Chilean population: association with BamH1 polymorphism of the transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) gene].

Revista medica de Chile - 1 Apr 1993

Jara L, Blanco R, Chiffelle I, Palomino H, Curtis D

Abstract excerpt

In recent studies we have demonstrated that the model that better explains the genetic etiology of non syndromic cleft lip/palate (CL/P) in the Chilean population is one that postulates the existence of a major dominant autosomic locus with low penetrance, without discarding the possible influenc...

Topics

Autoradiography
Chile
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Deoxyribonuclease BamHI
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Transforming Growth Factor alpha

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