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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Vecoli C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4245698 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Current genomics 20141001 5
Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are recognized as the most common type of birth malformations. Although recent advances in pre- and neonatal diagnosis as well as in surgical procedures have reduced the morbidity and mortality for many CHD, the etiology for CHD remains undefined. In non-syndromic and isolated (without a familial history or a Mendelian inheritance) forms of CHDs, a multifactorial pathogenesis with interplay between inherited and non-inherited causes is recognized. In this paper, ...[more]