Weill-Marchesani syndrome - Possible linkage of the autosomal dominant form to 15q21.1

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-75

  Wirtz, M K ^a   Samples, J R ^a   Kramer, P L ^a   Rust, K ^a   Yount, J ^a   Acott, T S ^a   Koler, R D ^a   Cisler, J ^b   Jahed, A ^c   Gorlin, R J ^c   Godfrey, M ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome 15; fibrillin 1; linkage; Weill Marchesani

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIA LENTIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DWARFISM; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029795618     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961002)65:1<68::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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