A gene for isolated congenital ptosis maps to a 3-cM region within 1p32-p34.1

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1150-1157

  Engle, Elizabeth C ^a   Castro, Adrian E ^a   Macy, Margaret E ^a   Knoll, Joan H M ^a,b   Beggs, Alan H ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHROMOSOME 1P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030895262     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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