mtDNA analysis shows common ancestry in two kindreds with X-linked recessive hypoparathyroidism and reveals a heteroplasmic silent mutation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Mumm, Steven ^a,b   Whyte, Michael P ^b,c   Thakker, Rajesh V ^d   Buetow, Kenneth H ^e   Schlessinger, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALLELES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031035505     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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