Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA2) in sub-Saharan Africa: Distribution of the common 2.7-kb P gene deletion mutation

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-527

  Stevens, Gwynneth ^a   Ramsay, Michèle ^a   Jenkins, Trefor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 15Q; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ALLELES; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS;

EID: 0030969388     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050400     Document Type: Article

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