A Biobank for Long-term and Sustainable Research in the Field of Congenital Heart Disease in Germany

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most frequent birth defect (0.8%–1% of all live births). Due to the advance in prenatal and postnatal early diagnosis and treatment, more than 90% of these patients survive into adulthood today. However, several mid- and long-term morbidities are dominating the...

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Main Authors: Thomas Pickardt, Eva Niggemeyer, Ulrike M.M. Bauer, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672022916300341