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SUBMITTER: Guevara ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7645050 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Broberg Martin M Ampuja Minna M Jones Samuel S Ojala Tiina T Rahkonen Otto O Kivelä Riikka R Priest James J Palotie Aarno A Ollila Hanna M HM Helle Emmi E
BMC genomics 20240307 1
<h4>Background</h4>Congenital heart defects (CHD) are structural defects of the heart affecting approximately 1% of newborns. They exhibit low penetrance and non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance as varied and complex traits. While genetic factors are known to play an important role in the development of CHD, the specific genetics remain unknown for the majority of patients. To elucidate the underlying genetic risk, we performed a genome wide association study (GWAS) of CHDs in general and speci ...[more]