Genomic variation and gene conversion in spinal muscular atrophy: Implications for disease process and clinical phenotype

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-50

  Campbell, Louise ^a   Potter, Allyson ^a   Ignatius, Jaakko ^b   Dubowitz, Victor ^c   Davies, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030818315     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513886     Document Type: Article

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