An autosomal dominant triphalangeal thumb: Polysyndactyly syndrome with variable expression in a large Indian family maps to 7q36

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-215

  Radhakrishna, Uppala ^a   Blouin, Jean Louis ^a   Solanki, Jitendra V ^b   Dhoriani, Ghanshyam M ^b   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^a,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^c Centre Médical Universitaire   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

autosomal dominant; chromosome 7q36; linkage analysis; preaxial polydactyly; triphalangeal thumb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLAND SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB MALFORMATION;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYDACTYLY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SYNDACTYLY; THUMB;

GENETTA;

EID: 0030442475     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961211)66:2<209::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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