Identification of a recombination event narrowing the Lafora disease gene region

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 590-591

  Maddox, L O ^a   Descartes, M ^a,c   Collins, J ^a   Keating, J ^b   Rosenfeld, S ^b   Palmer, C ^b   Carroll, A J ^a   Kuzniecky, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6; Epilepsy; Gene linkage; Lafora disease

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6Q; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA RECOMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0030747492     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.7.590     Document Type: Article

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