Mutation analysis in Canadian families with choroideremia

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Nesslinger, N ^a   Mitchell, G ^b   Strasberg, P ^c   MacDonald, I M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroideremia; Mutations; PCR SSCP

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHOROIDEREMIA; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; ISOPRENYLATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029885627     PISSN: 01676784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816819609057870     Document Type: Article

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