Gene/environment causes of cleft lip and/or palate

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 248-256

  Murray, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOIC ACID; THALIDOMIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; VALPROIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; BIRTH DEFECT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEAD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036556368     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.610402.x     Document Type: Review

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