Linkage analysis in three families with nonspecific X-linked mental retardation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-146

  Claes, S ^a   Gu, X X ^a   Legius, E ^a   Lorenzetti, E ^a   Marynen, P ^a   Fryns, J P ^a   Cassiman, J J ^a   Raeymaekers, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

linkage analysis; nonspecific X linked mental retardation; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE GROUP; GENE MAPPING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029888522     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960712)64:1<137::AID-AJMG24>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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