Confirmation of linkage of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy to chromosome 14q11.2-q13 in American families suggests the existence of a second causal mutation

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Stajich, Jeffrey M ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^b   Lennon, Felicia ^a   Lee, Arnold ^a   Yamaoka, Larry ^a   Rosi, Barbara ^a   Gaskell, Perry C ^a   Pritchard, Meredyth ^a   Donald, Lauren ^b   Roses, Allen D ^a   Vance, Jeffery M ^a   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linkage analysis; Mutation; Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PEDIGREE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030778843     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00087-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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