Interferon Regulatory Factor 6 (IRF6) is associated with oral-facial cleft in individuals that originate in South America [5]

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2075-2078

  Vieira, Alexandre R ^a   Cooper, Margaret E ^a   Marazita, Mary L ^a   Orioli, Iêda M ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 6;

CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL FACIAL CLEFT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ALLELE; CLEFT PALATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSOSTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; RISK FACTOR;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; MALE; SOUTH AMERICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548307182     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31884     Document Type: Letter

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