Linkage of blepharophimosis syndrome in a large Indian pedigree to chromosome 7p

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2049-2054

  Maw, Marion ^a   Kar, Bibhas ^b   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^b   Biswas, Partha ^b   Nancarrow, Derek ^d   Bridges, Robyn ^a   Kumaramanickavel, Govindasamy ^a   Denton, Michael ^a   Badrinath, S S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Dept of Genet and Molec Biology ^*  (India)

^c VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^d WOLSTON PARK HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHROMOSOME 7P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MARKER GENE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029850981     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.12.2049     Document Type: Article

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