Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A molecular and phenotypic study of 18 families

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-98

  Beales, P L ^a   Warner, A M ^a   Hitman, G A ^b   Thakker, R ^c   Flinter, F A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl syndrome; Linkage; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOGONADISM; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0031040854     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.2.92     Document Type: Article

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