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[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 influence of polygenes. Similar conclusions have been communicated by others authors in different populations. Thus,...
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