Evidence of the involvement of the DHFR gene in nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Martinelli, Marcella ^a   Girardi, Ambra ^a   Cura, Francesca ^a   Carinci, Francesco ^b   Morselli, Paolo Giovanni ^a   Scapoli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association; Cleft lip with or without cleft palate; DHFR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASSOCIATION; CLEFT LIP WITH OR WITHOUT CLEFT PALATE; DHFR; POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84892541873     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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