Genealogy, natural history, and phenotype of Alström Syndrome in a large Acadian kindred and three additional families

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-161

  Marshall, Jan D ^a   Ludman, Mark D ^b   Shea, Sarah E ^b   Salisbury, Sonia R ^b   Willi, Steven M ^c   LaRoche, Robert G ^d   Nishina, Pastsy M ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acadian; Alstr m syndrome; NIDDM; Obesity; Pigmentary retinopathy; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NOVA SCOTIA; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SYNDROME;

IMPLETA;

EID: 0030732665     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19971212)73:2<150::aid-ajmg9>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Review

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