Mutation screening in the IRF6-gene in patients with apparently nonsyndromic orofacial clefts and a positive family history suggestive of autosomal-dominant inheritance

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 787-790

  Birnbaum, Stefanie ^a   Reutter, Heiko ^a   Lauster, Carola ^b   Scheer, Martin ^c   Schmidt, Gül ^b   Saffar, Mitra ^c   Martini, Markus ^a   Hemprich, Alexander ^d   Henschke, Henning ^a   Kramer, Franz Josef ^e   Mangold, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IRF6 GENE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAN DER WOUDE SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 40449117299     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32219     Document Type: Letter

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