The genetics of isolated orofacial clefts: From genotypes to subphenotypes

Oral Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 437-453

  Jugessur, A ^a   Farlie, Pg ^a   Kilpatrick, N ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain anomaly; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Congenital abnormalities; Craniofacial development; Dental anomaly; Genetics; Orbicularis oris; Speech pathology

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NECTIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SUMO PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL ADHESION; CHILD GROWTH; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INHERITANCE; LIP; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PALATE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SECONDARY PALATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEECH DISORDER; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FACIAL BONES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349097584     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2009.01577.x     Document Type: Review

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