Intragenic Deletion of the KALIG-1 Gene in Kallmann's Syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 26, 1992, Pages 1752-1755

  Bick, David ^a,b   Franco, Brunella ^c   Sherins, Richard J ^a   Heye, Babette ^d   Pike, Lisa ^a   Crawford, John ^e   Maddalena, Anne ^a,b   Incerti, Barbara ^c   Pragliola, Antonella ^c   Meitinger, Thomas ^d   Ballabio, Andrea ^c  

^a GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0026642442     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199206253262606     Document Type: Article

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