On the genetics of hypodontia and microdontia: Synergism or allelism of maor genes in a family with six affected members

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Lyngstadaas, S P ^a   Nordbo H ^a   Gedde Dahl Jr , T ^a   Thrane, P S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brittle hair; Brittle nails; Ectodermal dys plasia; Familial hypodontia

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPODONTIA; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ALLELES; ANODONTIA; CHILD; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, GENETIC; NAILS, MALFORMED; PEDIGREE; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 0030062664     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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