PCR-RFLP analysis as an aid to genetic counseling of families of Japanese patients with group A xeroderma pigmentosum

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 306-309

  Maeda, Tomoko ^a   Sato, Kenji ^b   Minami, Hironori ^a,b   Taguchi, Hiroyasu ^a   Yoshikawa, Kunihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene frequency; XP A gene

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CARCINOMA; SPLICEOSOME; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 0030771474     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12335796     Document Type: Article

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