Linkage of Niemann-Pick disease type D to the same region of human chromosome 18 as Niemann-Pick disease type C

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-142

  Greer, W L ^a,c   Riddell, D C ^a,b   Byers, D M ^b   Welch, J P ^b   Girouard, G S ^a   Sparrow, S M ^a   Gillan, T L ^a   Neumann, P E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME MARKER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

IMPLETA;

EID: 0030814587     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513899     Document Type: Article

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