Transforming growth factor alpha locus and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate: a reappraisal.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:3<231::AID-GEPI2>3.0.CO;2-8

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Transforming growth factor alpha locus and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate: a reappraisal.

Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1997

Mitchell L E

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An association between nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL +/- P) and genetic variation at the transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) locus was originally reported in 1989. Subsequent population-based studies of this association have provided conflicting results. The present...

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Alleles
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Humans
Racial Groups
Transforming Growth Factor alpha
White People

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