High frequency of two mutations in codon 778 in exon 8 of the ATP7B gene in Taiwanese families with Wilson disease

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 521-523

  Chuang, Lee Ming ^a   Wu, Huey Peir ^a   Jang, Mei Huei ^a   Wang, Tso Ren ^b   Sue, Whey Chen ^b   Lin, Boniface J ^a   Cox, Diane W ^c   Tai, Tong Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATP7B gene; Haplotypes; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0030012456     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.6.521     Document Type: Article

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