A homozygous 237-kb deletion at 1p31 identified as the locus for midline cleft of the upper and lower lip in a consanguineous family

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 333-337

  Yldrm, Yeşerin ^a   Kerem, Metin ^b   Köroǧlu, Çiǧdem ^a   Tolun, Aslhan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sirnak State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cleft lip; facial midline defect; orofacial clefting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CLEFT LIP; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LOCI; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LOD SCORE; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894300812     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.138     Document Type: Article

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