Genetic linkage to the collagen α1 (V) gene (COL5A1) in two British Ehlers-Danlos syndrome families with variable type I and II phenotypes

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 174-176

  Burrows, N P ^a,b,c   Nicholls, A C ^a,b   Yates, J R W ^b,c   Richards, A J ^a,b   Pope, F M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 5; DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030778738     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1997.tb01055.x     Document Type: Article

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