Carrier frequency of the IVS4 + 4 A → T mutation of the Fanconi anemia gene FAC in the Ashkenazi Jewish population

Blood

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 4034-4038

  Verlander, Peter C ^a   Kaporis, Athena ^b   Liu, Qian ^b   Zhang, Qiao ^b   Seligsohn, Uri ^b   Auerbach, Arleen D ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028858123     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v86.11.4034.bloodjournal86114034     Document Type: Article

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