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Holoprosencephaly: A case series from an area with high mining‐related pollution

DOI

14

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2

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2019

Year

Tony Kayembe‐Kitenge, Toni Kasole Lubala, Paul Musa Obadia, Patrick DMC Katoto, Cyrille Katshiez Nawej, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, Koenraad Devriendt, Benoît Nemery
Birth Defects Research

Abstract

We hypothesize that these cases of holoprosencephaly were connected to mining-related pollution, possibly via epigenetic alterations induced by paternal occupational exposure to toxic metals.

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