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Association between homeobox-containing gene MSX1 and the occurrence of limb deficiency.
American journal of medical genetics - 3 Feb 1998
Hwang S J, Beaty T H, McIntosh I, Hefferon T, Panny S R
Abstract excerpt
Animal studies have suggested an important role for the homeobox-containing gene MSX1 in limb, oralfacial, and cardiac malformations. In this study of 516 Caucasians with isolated birth defects registered in the Maryland Birth Defects Reporting and Information System (BDRIS), we report an association between a dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in MSX1 and isolated limb deficiency. Frequencies of rare alleles at...
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