Further evidence for the involvement of MYH9 in the etiology of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-203

  Birnbaum, Stefanie ^a   Reutter, Heiko ^a   Mende, Meinhard ^a   De Assis, Nilma A ^a   Diaz Lacava, Amalia ^a   Herms, Stefan ^a   Scheer, Martin ^b   Lauster, Carola ^c   Braumann, Bert ^b   Schmidt, Gül ^c   Martini, Markus ^a   Hemprich, Alexander ^d   Pötzsch, Simone ^e   Knapp, Michael ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Kramer, Franz Josef ^f   Mangold, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotyping; MYH9; Non syndromic cleft lip and palate; Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYH9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 62549135293     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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