Linkage analysis in a family with the Opitz GBBB syndrome refines the location of the gene in Xp22 to a 4 cM region

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-248

  May, Melanie ^a   Huston, Sara ^b   Wilroy, R Sid ^c   Schwartz, Charles ^a,c  

^a GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GBBB syndrome; linkage; Opitz syndrome; Xp22

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; OPITZ GBBB SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECANTHUS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

DNA; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031056481     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970120)68:2<244::AID-AJMG27>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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