A family-based association study in Central Europeans: No evidence for the cystathionine beta-synthase c.844ins68 gene variant as a risk factor for non-syndromic cleft lip and palate [2]

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-207

  Birnbaum, Stefanie ^a   Reutter, Heiko ^a   Mende, Meinhard ^a   Díaz Lacava, Amalia ^a   Henschke, Henning ^a   Bergé, Stefaan J ^b   Braumann, Bert ^c   Lauster, Carola ^d   Hemprich, Alexander ^e   Wenghoefer, Matthias ^a   Saffar, Mitra ^c   Reich, Rudolf H ^a   Scheer, Martin ^c   Knapp, Michael ^a   Kramer, Franz Josef ^f   Mangold, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CBS GENE; CLEFT LIP PALATE; EUROPE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MTHFR GENE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845971574     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31579     Document Type: Letter

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