Abstract:BACKGROUND: Congenital heart defects (CHD) appear in almost one percent of live births. Asian countries have the highest birth prevalence of CHD in the world. Recessive genotypes may represent a significant CHD risk factor in Asian populations, because Asian populations have a high degree of consanguineous marriages, which increases the risk of CHD. Genetic analysis of consanguineous families may represent a relatively unexplored source for investigating CHD etiology. METHODS: To obtain insight into the contri… Show more
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