The gene for the Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is located on chromosome 4p16

Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Polymeropoulos, Mihael H ^a   Ide, Susan E ^a   Wright, Michael ^d   Goodship, Judith ^d   Weissenbach, Jean ^f   Pyeritz, Reed E ^c   Da Silva, Elias O ^e   Ortiz De Luna, Rosa Isela ^a,b   Francomano, Clair A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^f GÉNÉTHON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME 4P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DWARFISM; ELLIS VAN CREVELD SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYDACTYLY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030201115     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0315     Document Type: Article

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