Mutation analysis in 46 British and Irish patients with Gaucher's disease

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Hatton, C E ^a   Cooper, A ^a   Whitehouse, C ^a   Wraith, J E ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene mutations; Glucocerebrosidase gene; Lysosomal storage disease

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030854446     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.1.17     Document Type: Article

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