Using the full power of linkage analysis in 11 French Canadian families to fine map the oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy gene

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Brais, Bernard ^a   Bouchard, Jean Pierre ^b   Gosselin, France ^b   Xie, Ya Gang ^a   Fardeau, Michel ^c   Tomé, Fernando M S ^c   Rouleau, Guy A ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome 14; Linkage; Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PEDIGREE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES;

EID: 0030730845     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00086-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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