Duplication of proteolipid protein gene: A possible major cause of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Wang, Pen Jung ^a   Hwu, Wuh Liang ^a   Lee, Wang Tso ^a   Wang, Tso Ren ^a   Shen, Yu Zen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DEMYELINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030681255     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00088-X     Document Type: Article

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