Insight into Birth Defects in China from the Angle of Biology

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-06-16
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Birthdefectsaffectthequalityofthenewbornpopulation,andhavebecameamajorpublichealthprobleminChina.Geneticfactors,environmentalfactors,andtheinteractionofthetwoisthedirectcauseoftheincidenceofbirthdefects.Thisreview,basedontheneuraltubedefectsasanexample,giveinsightintothepathogenesisofbirthdefectsfromthegenomics,epigenetics,metabonomicsandenvironmentfactorsandexplorenewstrategyofbirthdefectpreventioninChina.