Discovery of genetic susceptibility factors for human birth defects: An opportunity for a national agenda

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1794-1797

  Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Hobbs, Charlotte A ^b   Shaw, Gary M ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; DNA; Epidemiology; Etiology; Genetic variation; Genetics; Polymorphism; Single nucleotide

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FAMILY STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORKSHOP;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960559657     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34103     Document Type: Note

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