Variations in WNT3 gene are associated with incidence of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a northeast Chinese population

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 12646-12653

  Lu, Y P ^a   Han, W T ^a   Liu, Q ^b   Li, J X ^a   Li, Z J ^b   Jiang, M ^a   Xu, W ^a  

^a Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics   (China)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Family based association test; WNT3

Indexed keywords

WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON SYNDROMIC CLEFT LIP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WNT3 GENE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WNT3 PROTEIN;

EID: 84944810393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2015.October.19.8     Document Type: Article

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