Bloom's syndrome. XIX. Cytogenetic and population evidence for genetic heterogeneity

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 223-231

  German, James ^a   Ellis, Nathan A ^a   Proytcheva, Maria ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom's syndrome; Compound heterozygosity; Consanguinity; Genetic heterogeneity; Mosaicism; Registries; Sister chromatid exchange (SCE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CYTOGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0029986276     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb03778.x     Document Type: Article

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