Genetic Causes of Congenital Malformation
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There have been amazing advances in embryology, teratology, reproductive biology, genetics, andepidemiology in the past 50 years that have provided scientists and clinicians with a better perspective on the causes of congenital malformations. We still cannot provide the families of children with malformations a definitive 434SURAKSHA AGRAWAL Author’s Address: Prof. Suraksha Agrawal, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi PostGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226 014, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaTelephone: 091-522 -2668004-8 Ext 2338, 2346, 2347,2339, Fax: 091-522 -26680017E-mail: [email protected] © Kamla-Raj Enterprises 2007Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and Applications Anthropologist Special Volume No. 3: 425-434 (2007)Veena Bhasin & M.K. Bhasin, Guest Editorsdiagnosis and cause in every instance. The most common known cause is genetic, but the largest group, unfortunately,is unknown. In this review we have discussed the genetic causes for such malformations.
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