Pelizaeus-merzbacher disease: A novel mutation in the 5′-untranslated region of the proteolipid protein gene

Human Mutation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-357

  Kawanishi, Chiaki ^a   Sugiyama, Naoya ^a   Osaka, Hitoshi ^b   Inoue, Ken ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Onishi, Hideki ^a   Yamada, Yoshiteru ^a   Nezu, Atsuo ^b   Kimura, Seiji ^b   Kosaka, Kenji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029878858     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1004(1996)7:4<355::aid-humu10>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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