Strong evidence of linkage disequilibrium between polymorphisms at the IRF6 locus and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate, in an Italian population

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Scapoli, Luca ^a,b   Palmieri, Annalisa ^b   Martinelli, Marcella ^a   Pezzetti, Furio ^b   Carinci, Paolo ^b   Tognon, Mauro ^a   Carinci, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PHENYTOIN; WARFARIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRF6 GENE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VAN DER WOUDE SYNDROME;

EID: 11144322225     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427344     Document Type: Article

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