Further linkage evidence for localization of mutational sites for nonsyndromic types of X-linked mental retardation at the pericentromeric region

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-112

  Robledo, Renato ^a   Melis, Paola ^a   Laficara, Francesco ^c   Marchi, Jula ^b   Rinaldi, Antoniettina ^d   Siniscalco, Marcello ^a,c   Filippi, Giorgio ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nationale per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IST)   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Laboratori di Ricerca e Formazione Port Conte   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

genetic linkage; MRX; nonsyndromic XLMR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME XQ; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029893594     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960712)64:1<107::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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