Novel mutations and DNA-based screening in non-Jewish carriers of Tay- Sachs disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1099-1106

  Akerman, Beverly R ^a   Natowicz, Marvin R ^b,c   Kaback, Michael M ^d   Loyer, Magali ^a   Campeau, Eric ^a   Gravel, Roy A ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHERITANCE; JEW; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

EID: 0030956590     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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