Prevalence of carriers of the most common medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency mutation (G985A) in The Netherlands

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-2

  De Vries, Hendrik G ^a   Niezen Koning, Klary ^b   Kliphuis, Jolanda W ^a   Smit, G Peter A ^b   Scheffer, Hans ^a   Ten Kate, Leo P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE;

ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030013257     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050149     Document Type: Article

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