Few associations of candidate genes with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in the population of Lithuania

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-91

  Morkuniene, Aušra ^a   Steponavičiute, Danguole ^a   Utkus, Algirdas ^a   Kučinskas, Vaidutis ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Allelic association; Candidate genes; Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts; Transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846961454     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194663     Document Type: Article

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