Bloom syndrome: A mendelian prototype of somatic mutational disease

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 393-406

  German, James ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOM SYNDROME; CHILD; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027331383     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199311000-00003     Document Type: Article

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