XLMR genes: Update 1996

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-157

  Lubs, Herbert A ^a,b,e   Chiurazzi, Pietro ^c   Arena, J Fernando ^b   Schwartz, Charles ^d   Tranebjaerg, Lisbeth ^a   Neri, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^e Division of Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

review; X chromosome; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

EID: 0029890398     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960712)64:1<147::AID-AJMG25>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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