Homozygosity mapping of giant axonal neuropathy gene to chromosome 16q24.1

Neurogenetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-133

  Ben Hamida, C ^a   Cavalier, L ^b,c   Belal, S ^a   Sanhaji, H ^a   Nadal, N ^b   Barhoumi, C ^a   M'Rissa, N ^a   Marzouki, N ^a   Mandel, J L ^b,c   Ben Hamida, M ^a   Koenig, M ^b,c   Hentati, F ^a  

^a Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome 16; Distal neuropathy; Giant axons; Neurofilaments

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME MAP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

AXONS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031215451     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100480050019     Document Type: Article

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