## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggested an excess of matrilineal cases of neural tube defects among distant relatives in NTD families. There is little information on patterns of heredity of other birth defects among distant relatives. ## METHODS: Between 1995 and 2003, 78 nuclear f
Lack of mutations in ZIC3 in three families with neural tube defects
β Scribed by Carrel, Tessa ;Herman, Gail E. ;Moore, Gudrun E. ;Stanier, Philip
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 98
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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