Fanconi anemia: Genetic testing in Ashkenazi Jews

Genetic Testing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-33

  Auerbach, Arleen D ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031292855     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.1997.1.27     Document Type: Article

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