An ancestral core haplotype defines the critical region harbouring the North Carolina macular dystrophy gene (MCDR1)

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 961-966

  Sauer, C G ^a   Schworm, H D ^b   Ulbig, M ^b   Blankenagel, A ^c   Rohrschneider, K ^c   Pauleikhoff, D ^d   Grimm, T ^a   Weber, B H F ^a  

^a Institut fur Humangenetik   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAPED; Chromosome 6q14 q16.2; Linkage analysis; NCMD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BREAST AREOLA; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030774056     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.12.961     Document Type: Article

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