A new Rett syndrome family consistent with X-linked inheritance expands the X chromosome exclusion map

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 634-641

  Schanen, N Carolyn ^a,d   Dahle, E Jill Roth ^b   Capozzoli, Fiorentino ^b,e   Holm, Vanja A ^c   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^b   Francke, Uta ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0030876388     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515525     Document Type: Article

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